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A father taking from his son's wealth is permissible with conditions, and the limits of a son's obedience to his father

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Question:
May Allah bless you. This listener, whose name is Ha-Ha from the Arab Republic of Egypt, says: Honorable Shaykh, I ask you to clarify the limits of obeying the father and what sins necessitate his obedience? Does the father's involvement in all of the son's affairs require the son's obedience? And if this involvement ruins the son's marital life, where the father wants to know everything about it, regarding spending and other matters. Is it permissible for the father to take all the financial income the son earns for himself, and to know the details of the son's income and allocate it for spending, even if this leads to a deficiency in providing for the wife and fulfilling his duties toward her? I ask you to explain the hadith "You and your wealth belong to your father," because my father, may Allah forgive him, cites this in every small and large matter, knowing that I oppose him absolutely in any of these matters out of fear of falling into undutifulness to parents? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Everything has limits and regulations. Obedience to the father is obligatory only in what is good. If the father orders his son to commit a sin, it is not permissible to obey him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Obedience is only in what is good."
God’s Messenger as saying, “A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”صلى الله عليه وسلم لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق،
Mishkat al-Masabih 3696
As for obedience to the father in matters other than sin, it is obligatory, because this is part of being dutiful to him and showing kindness to him, and because of his right over his son. Allah the Exalted said:
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do goodوَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا
[An-Nisa 4:36]
The right of the father comes immediately after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) due to its urgency and greatness. As for the father taking from his son's wealth, it is permissible for him to take from his wealth what does not harm him and what he does not need, meaning what does not harm the son and what the son does not need. This is based on his saying:
The pleasantest things you enjoy come from what you earn, and your children come from what you earnصلى الله عليه وسلم إن أطيب ما أكلتم من كسبكم وإن أولادكم من كسبكم،
Mishkat al-Masabih 2770
and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "You and your wealth belong to your father." So the father may take from his son's wealth what does not harm the son or what the son needs for himself, his children, his wife, or to pay off his debts. He is not allowed to exaggerate in taking until he harms the son, or until he restricts the son in his necessities which he must have. Yes?
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أخذ الوالد من مال ولده مباح بشروط، وحدود طاعة الولد لأبيه – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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