Combining the statement that the righteousness of parents does not benefit their children with the joining of their offspring to them
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Question:
The questioner asks: How do we combine the statement that the righteousness of parents does not benefit their children with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tur 52:21] with faith?
Answer:
The father benefits his children if he raises them. If the father raises his children in obedience and teaches them what is good, then that benefits them by the permission of Allah. But if he neglects them, then his righteousness does not benefit his children. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The questioner asks: How do we combine the statement that the righteousness of parents does not benefit their children with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِمAnswer:
The father benefits his children if he raises them. If the father raises his children in obedience and teaches them what is good, then that benefits them by the permission of Allah. But if he neglects them, then his righteousness does not benefit his children. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب، تفسير الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب 20-07-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (51:44)
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