Dealing with a Disbelieving Father and Disavowing Him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What are the limits of dealing with a disbelieving father? And how is the disavowal from him to be carried out?
Answer:
The disavowal is from his religion. As for you spending on him when he is in need and being dutiful to him, that is returning a favor, because he was kind to you in raising you and spending on you. So you return the kindness to him by spending on him when he is in need, even if he is a disbeliever.[Luqman 31:15] Meaning, the disbelieving parents—this is part of doing good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What are the limits of dealing with a disbelieving father? And how is the disavowal from him to be carried out?
Answer:
The disavowal is from his religion. As for you spending on him when he is in need and being dutiful to him, that is returning a favor, because he was kind to you in raising you and spending on you. So you return the kindness to him by spending on him when he is in need, even if he is a disbeliever.
but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:05:34)
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