Advice to the father who goes out to pray and leaves his children with entertainments and evil deeds
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The presenter : I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you for the sake of which you loved us.
The questioner : Shaykh, please offer some advice to the fathers who go to pray the tarawih prayer and leave their children on the distractions, while they fear['Abasa 80:34-36]. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, may Allah bless you and reward you with good. This action is not befitting for a believer. To go to the mosque while his children, for whom prayer is obligatory, remain in the house with the entertainments and the evil deeds.
As for his family members for whom congregational prayer is not obligatory, he should advise them and guide them, and he should go out to pray; he should not stay in the house for their sake. A person must fear Allah regarding himself. Unfortunately, many people in the blessed month of Ramadan spend their nights in staying up late, which does not benefit them and may even harm them. They spend their days in deep sleep, and perhaps they do not pray the daytime prayers until sunset. This is part of Satan’s deception of them and his delusion of them. So a person must fear his Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and hasten to do what Allah has made obligatory upon him. He should strive to perform voluntary acts of worship, through which he increases in good and by which his obligatory acts are completed. Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The presenter : I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you for the sake of which you loved us.
The questioner : Shaykh, please offer some advice to the fathers who go to pray the tarawih prayer and leave their children on the distractions, while they fear
(34) On the Day a man will flee from his brother (35) And his mother and his father (36) And his wife and his children,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِThe Shaykh : And upon you be peace, may Allah bless you and reward you with good. This action is not befitting for a believer. To go to the mosque while his children, for whom prayer is obligatory, remain in the house with the entertainments and the evil deeds.
As for his family members for whom congregational prayer is not obligatory, he should advise them and guide them, and he should go out to pray; he should not stay in the house for their sake. A person must fear Allah regarding himself. Unfortunately, many people in the blessed month of Ramadan spend their nights in staying up late, which does not benefit them and may even harm them. They spend their days in deep sleep, and perhaps they do not pray the daytime prayers until sunset. This is part of Satan’s deception of them and his delusion of them. So a person must fear his Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and hasten to do what Allah has made obligatory upon him. He should strive to perform voluntary acts of worship, through which he increases in good and by which his obligatory acts are completed. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2608- نصيحة للأب الذي يخرج يصلي و يترك ابنائه على الملاهي والمنكرات/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com (0:07)
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