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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Living with Disbelieving Parents and a Dog in Their Home

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I do not have a house, and I live with my parents, and they have a dog in the house, and they have not removed it. Does this reduce my lifespan, considering that my parents are disbelievers?

Answer:
Do not live with them unless they need you. If they need you to serve them, then live with them for the sake of serving them, but you cannot fulfill the right of dutifulness to them because of the presence of the dog. All the sin is upon them. As for if they do not need you, you can live in a house outside of theirs, but you serve them and visit them.
And the disbeliever, may Allah protect us from him, is fond of dogs; they are fond of dogs, because they are dogs in themselves, so they do not disdain dogs, may Allah protect us from him. In fact, dogs can be better than them. Therefore, it is said that there was a family who had a daughter who slept in a room designated for her. When she grew up and reached maturity, they said, "Get out of the room so we can give it to the dog." So they took her out of their house for the sake of the dog.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [3] — alfawzan.live (1:13:02)

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