Is it permissible for a son to obey his smoking father if he orders him to bring and fetch tobacco for him?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a son to obey his smoking father if he orders him to bring and fetch tobacco for him?
The Shaykh:
So it is not permissible, for it is cooperation in sin and aggression. He should not answer his father’s request for tobacco, nor buy it for him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.” Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2].
The questioner:
So if that leads to the father’s anger or his boycotting him.
The Shaykh:
Let him be angry, for he is the one who is in the wrong, not the son. The father is the one in the wrong, even if he is angry. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a son to obey his smoking father if he orders him to bring and fetch tobacco for him?
The Shaykh:
So it is not permissible, for it is cooperation in sin and aggression. He should not answer his father’s request for tobacco, nor buy it for him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.” Allah the Exalted said:
but do not cooperate in sin and aggression
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِThe questioner:
So if that leads to the father’s anger or his boycotting him.
The Shaykh:
Let him be angry, for he is the one who is in the wrong, not the son. The father is the one in the wrong, even if he is angry. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [189 -1024] هل يجوز طاعة الابن لوالده المدخن إذا أمره بجلب واحضار الدخان إليه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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