Obedience to a Father Afflicted by Forgetfulness in a Forbidden Matter
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, my father has been afflicted with the disease of forgetfulness, may Allah protect us and him. Sometimes he orders us to do some things that do not please Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and he becomes extremely angry if they are not carried out. What is my position toward my father in such a condition?
Answer:
Do not carry them out, do not carry them out. Convince your father and remind your father that this action is not permissible, and perhaps he will reconsider. Yes. And if he does not reconsider, then you do not carry it out. Yes.
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, my father has been afflicted with the disease of forgetfulness, may Allah protect us and him. Sometimes he orders us to do some things that do not please Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and he becomes extremely angry if they are not carried out. What is my position toward my father in such a condition?
Answer:
Do not carry them out, do not carry them out. Convince your father and remind your father that this action is not permissible, and perhaps he will reconsider. Yes. And if he does not reconsider, then you do not carry it out. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (24:57)
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