Dealing with an Innovating Parent: Between Advising and Boycotting
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What should a Muslim do if he is committed to the Sunnah and his father is upon a bid'ah (religious innovation)? Does he boycott him, or what does he do?
Answer:
If you advise him, the bid'ah varies; we do not know what this bid'ah is. But if it is a major bid'ah, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) or something major among the major sins, you advise him. If he refuses, then you boycott him. However, you do not cut off his rights of kindness and good conduct, even if he is a disbeliever. You treat him with kindness and do good to him, but you do not obey him in disobedience to Allah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What should a Muslim do if he is committed to the Sunnah and his father is upon a bid'ah (religious innovation)? Does he boycott him, or what does he do?
Answer:
If you advise him, the bid'ah varies; we do not know what this bid'ah is. But if it is a major bid'ah, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) or something major among the major sins, you advise him. If he refuses, then you boycott him. However, you do not cut off his rights of kindness and good conduct, even if he is a disbeliever. You treat him with kindness and do good to him, but you do not obey him in disobedience to Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1885] التعامل مع الوالد المبتدع بين النصح والهجر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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