Executing her father's bequest to cut off her son
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Fatwa number ( 21247 )
Q: A man has a son who is his eldest child. The relationship between them deteriorated to the point where the son boycotted his father and did not visit him, despite the father demanding that he visit. The father was suffering from cancer—may Allah protect us and you from it—and the father asked his son to visit him, but he never came. So the father became
angry with his son in great anger. He made his wife—the mother of this son—take an oath, asking her by Allah that if he died, she should not allow this son to enter the house, not speak to him, and not accept any financial help from him, no matter what the circumstances. Now the man has died, and his wife is in a difficult position regarding this matter. She fears that if she allows this son to enter the house or accepts his financial help, she will commit a sin, because she would be violating her husband's bequest, and also because he asked her by Allah. Is the husband's bequest and his asking her by Allah not to meet this son or let him into the house obligatory for her to execute or not? It is known that he is her eldest son, and she is poor and in need of his help.
A: If what was mentioned about his undutifulness to his father and his boycotting him during his lifetime is true, then that is a major sin. He must repent to Allah from it, increase in righteous deeds, make much du'a' for his father, seek forgiveness for him, and give charity on his behalf if he has the ability to give charity. As for his mother, she is not obligated to execute her father's bequest to cut off her son. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: A man has a son who is his eldest child. The relationship between them deteriorated to the point where the son boycotted his father and did not visit him, despite the father demanding that he visit. The father was suffering from cancer—may Allah protect us and you from it—and the father asked his son to visit him, but he never came. So the father became
angry with his son in great anger. He made his wife—the mother of this son—take an oath, asking her by Allah that if he died, she should not allow this son to enter the house, not speak to him, and not accept any financial help from him, no matter what the circumstances. Now the man has died, and his wife is in a difficult position regarding this matter. She fears that if she allows this son to enter the house or accepts his financial help, she will commit a sin, because she would be violating her husband's bequest, and also because he asked her by Allah. Is the husband's bequest and his asking her by Allah not to meet this son or let him into the house obligatory for her to execute or not? It is known that he is her eldest son, and she is poor and in need of his help.
A: If what was mentioned about his undutifulness to his father and his boycotting him during his lifetime is true, then that is a major sin. He must repent to Allah from it, increase in righteous deeds, make much du'a' for his father, seek forgiveness for him, and give charity on his behalf if he has the ability to give charity. As for his mother, she is not obligated to execute her father's bequest to cut off her son. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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