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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the son's obligation if he sees his father committing what is wrong?

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Question:
Okay, another question? The second question, may Allah grant us and you success. Is the father in the care of his son? For example, the son has a debt and such, and the father commits sins and matters that do not please Allah, even though the son advises his father many times and so on. So, is the father in the care of his son? And regarding the other part of his question, he says: Is the father in the care of his son if the son advises his father to abandon sins and so on?

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Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمان
Sahih Muslim 49a
, and the father is the most deserving of your advice and of your forbidding him of evil with gentleness
with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is bestبِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
[An-Nahl 16:125]
. He is the most deserving of people for you to advise. This is Ibrahim (peace be upon him); the first thing he did was with his father. The first thing he did was advise his father, and he prolonged the argument with him out of his eagerness for his guidance. And he has a right over his son. So you must be gentle with your father, and do not cease advising him. Persist in it, encourage him to good, and deter him from evil. And if he reads, give him books or play for him some of the good tapes issued by the scholars, perhaps Allah will guide him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما واجب الابن إذا رأى منكرا من أبيه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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