Caring for his divorced mother and his seven siblings, and being dutiful to his father, but his father hates him and harms him; how should he deal with him?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In his final question, he says: There is a person who has seven brothers and sisters, male and female, and he is raising them, but his father divorced his mother and married another woman. This father is chasing this boy and harming him, even though the boy obeys his father and fulfills his duties toward him. However, the father hates him, incites people against him, and has kicked him out of the house along with his mother and siblings. What should this boy do? Knowing that he is more committed to religion than his father, what do you advise? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This boy must continue to obey his father in what is good and be dutiful to him, even if the father is harsh with him. It is possible that there is a reason on the boy's part for the father's harshness. So the boy should treat his father well and be gentle with him. Generally, a father has tenderness for his son in his heart. Yes. A father does not treat a son with harshness except usually for a reason from the son. So the boy should review his dealings with his father. In any case, being dutiful to the father and doing good to him is obligatory, even if his father is harsh with him; he must do what Allah has made obligatory upon him. If his father is driving him out of the house, and if he has the means to live in another place, he should prepare suitable housing for himself, his mother, and those under his care, while continuing to deal with his father well and being dutiful to him. Yes.
May Allah reward you. In his final question, he says: There is a person who has seven brothers and sisters, male and female, and he is raising them, but his father divorced his mother and married another woman. This father is chasing this boy and harming him, even though the boy obeys his father and fulfills his duties toward him. However, the father hates him, incites people against him, and has kicked him out of the house along with his mother and siblings. What should this boy do? Knowing that he is more committed to religion than his father, what do you advise? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This boy must continue to obey his father in what is good and be dutiful to him, even if the father is harsh with him. It is possible that there is a reason on the boy's part for the father's harshness. So the boy should treat his father well and be gentle with him. Generally, a father has tenderness for his son in his heart. Yes. A father does not treat a son with harshness except usually for a reason from the son. So the boy should review his dealings with his father. In any case, being dutiful to the father and doing good to him is obligatory, even if his father is harsh with him; he must do what Allah has made obligatory upon him. If his father is driving him out of the house, and if he has the means to live in another place, he should prepare suitable housing for himself, his mother, and those under his care, while continuing to deal with his father well and being dutiful to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5561- يرعى أمه المطلقة وإخوانه السبعة ويبر والده لكن والده يبغضه ويؤذيه فكيف يتعامل معه؟ — youtube.com
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