The obligation toward an emotionally distant father
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Question:
May Allah bless you. Umm Sa'd says: My father is emotionally distant from me and my siblings, and he was very harsh with us. Whenever we try to get close to him with a word, we find that he embarrasses us with other words. So she asks, Shaykh: What is obligatory for us toward him? Should my siblings and I sit with him?
Answer:
Sit with him, make him happy, and he will go, if Allah wills, to what you mentioned. Yes.
May Allah bless you. Umm Sa'd says: My father is emotionally distant from me and my siblings, and he was very harsh with us. Whenever we try to get close to him with a word, we find that he embarrasses us with other words. So she asks, Shaykh: What is obligatory for us toward him? Should my siblings and I sit with him?
Answer:
Sit with him, make him happy, and he will go, if Allah wills, to what you mentioned. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7524 — youtube.com (13:10)
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