Guidance for the one who has cut off ties with his father and boycotted him
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Question:
The questioner says: There is a person who has cut off ties with his father and has boycotted him for years due to a dispute that occurred between them. His father even asks about him and wishes to meet him, but he refuses to do so. We hope for guidance for him and for those like him whom Satan has caused to sever ties with their fathers.
Answer:
There is no doubt that the right of the father is great, coming after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Undutifulness to parents is among the greatest of major sins after shirk (associating partners with Allah). Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:36] This mentions the right of the parents and being kind to them after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is through worship, and the right of the parents is through dutifulness and kindness to them.
Even if the father is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) or a disbeliever, he has a right over his Muslim son:[Luqman 31:15]. The father has a great right after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). If your father makes a mistake toward you or treats you badly, be patient with it, bear it from him, and do not respond with severing ties, disobedience, or mistreating him.
The questioner says: There is a person who has cut off ties with his father and has boycotted him for years due to a dispute that occurred between them. His father even asks about him and wishes to meet him, but he refuses to do so. We hope for guidance for him and for those like him whom Satan has caused to sever ties with their fathers.
Answer:
There is no doubt that the right of the father is great, coming after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Undutifulness to parents is among the greatest of major sins after shirk (associating partners with Allah). Allah the Exalted said:
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًاEven if the father is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) or a disbeliever, he has a right over his Muslim son:
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا وَاتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ مَنْ أَنَابَ إِلَيَّ
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لقاء مفتوح في الحرس الوطني — alfawzan.live (14:47)
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