Preparing the clothes of a man who lets his garment hang below the ankles and taking them to forbidden places
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Question:
This is also a questioner from the same country, saying — or rather, a woman asking — is it permissible for me to prepare my father’s clothes, such as ironing them and the like, when he lets his garment hang below the ankles? I know that I am preparing them for him so that he can go with them to a place containing forbidden things and acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Please advise us, may Allah bless you?
Answer:
First, advise him, because letting the garment hang below the ankles is forbidden and a major sin among the major sins, and he gains nothing from it but sin. First, advise him and explain it to him, because he may be ignorant of this matter. Some people, or many people now, say, “You are being strict, and this is strictness,” because they are ignorant of the rulings of the Shari'ah. So you explain to him — or you explain to me that — this is forbidden and a major sin among the major sins, and it returns to him as sin. If he refuses after the explanation, then you do not help him, nor do you wash these clothes, because this is cooperation in sin and aggression. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This is also a questioner from the same country, saying — or rather, a woman asking — is it permissible for me to prepare my father’s clothes, such as ironing them and the like, when he lets his garment hang below the ankles? I know that I am preparing them for him so that he can go with them to a place containing forbidden things and acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Please advise us, may Allah bless you?
Answer:
First, advise him, because letting the garment hang below the ankles is forbidden and a major sin among the major sins, and he gains nothing from it but sin. First, advise him and explain it to him, because he may be ignorant of this matter. Some people, or many people now, say, “You are being strict, and this is strictness,” because they are ignorant of the rulings of the Shari'ah. So you explain to him — or you explain to me that — this is forbidden and a major sin among the major sins, and it returns to him as sin. If he refuses after the explanation, then you do not help him, nor do you wash these clothes, because this is cooperation in sin and aggression. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-27-بر الوالدين والتحذير من العقوق|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:43)
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