Traveling to seek knowledge with the mother's permission and sitting with the father in front of the television
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The questioner:
The Shaykh said: He took me out to the Kingdom for a long time, and he said: I have seen my mother with my brothers and my brothers, and the living conditions in the country are, or seem to be, such that, so should I return to my mother and anger her? If I were satisfied with the knowledge they are taking in this blessed land, we do not deny that there are scholars in our country, but they are not at the level of the leadership, they are not at the level of the scholars in this land, so do you think that the criticism is better or the return?
The Shaykh:
If there is someone among your brothers who can meet your mother's needs and serve her, and she has given you permission to travel to seek knowledge, then there is no blame on you in that.
The questioner:
And other than the company, he presents them, and his father sits always in front of the television, and in it are the small ones and the women, and he asks me to sit with him, and if they provoke him, she says: I am arguing with him, so should I sit with him and please him with this amount?
The Shaykh:
No, do not sit with him, because this contains evil and has an effect on the person, so do not sit with him, and this is not undutifulness to him, this is from the category of seeking safety, and you must advise him and make it clear to him that this brings him evil, and that it earns him sins, and perhaps it will drag him to something worse than it little by little, so at first he is lenient with the images of women and the songs, and says: this is something I did not intend, and then the love of these things is imprinted in his heart and he becomes accustomed to them, and perhaps he will fall into two paths, so staying away from evil is undoubtedly safer for the conscience and more cautious with it. Yes.
The Shaykh said: He took me out to the Kingdom for a long time, and he said: I have seen my mother with my brothers and my brothers, and the living conditions in the country are, or seem to be, such that, so should I return to my mother and anger her? If I were satisfied with the knowledge they are taking in this blessed land, we do not deny that there are scholars in our country, but they are not at the level of the leadership, they are not at the level of the scholars in this land, so do you think that the criticism is better or the return?
The Shaykh:
If there is someone among your brothers who can meet your mother's needs and serve her, and she has given you permission to travel to seek knowledge, then there is no blame on you in that.
The questioner:
And other than the company, he presents them, and his father sits always in front of the television, and in it are the small ones and the women, and he asks me to sit with him, and if they provoke him, she says: I am arguing with him, so should I sit with him and please him with this amount?
The Shaykh:
No, do not sit with him, because this contains evil and has an effect on the person, so do not sit with him, and this is not undutifulness to him, this is from the category of seeking safety, and you must advise him and make it clear to him that this brings him evil, and that it earns him sins, and perhaps it will drag him to something worse than it little by little, so at first he is lenient with the images of women and the songs, and says: this is something I did not intend, and then the love of these things is imprinted in his heart and he becomes accustomed to them, and perhaps he will fall into two paths, so staying away from evil is undoubtedly safer for the conscience and more cautious with it. Yes.
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