Dealing with an orphan brother and hitting him for abandoning prayer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have a younger brother who is an orphan (his father has passed away). What is the Sharia-compliant way to deal with him? And if he abandons prayer, should I hit him?
The Shaykh:
What does he have?
The questioner:
I have a younger brother who is an orphan (his father has passed away). What is the Sharia-compliant way to deal with him? And if he abandons prayer, should I hit him?
The Shaykh:
If you are his guardian, then you hit him with a non-harmful hit, a hit to the extent that it causes him pain, but it does not reach the point of breaking the skin or breaking a bone. Yes, it is a disciplinary hit, not a hit of torture. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have a younger brother who is an orphan (his father has passed away). What is the Sharia-compliant way to deal with him? And if he abandons prayer, should I hit him?
The Shaykh:
What does he have?
The questioner:
I have a younger brother who is an orphan (his father has passed away). What is the Sharia-compliant way to deal with him? And if he abandons prayer, should I hit him?
The Shaykh:
If you are his guardian, then you hit him with a non-harmful hit, a hit to the extent that it causes him pain, but it does not reach the point of breaking the skin or breaking a bone. Yes, it is a disciplinary hit, not a hit of torture. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 07-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (1:03:05)
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