The Ruling on Preferring Some Children over Others
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Question:
This is the mother of Zayd asking, and she requests that you, may Allah honor you, speak about the behavior of some fathers toward their sons, and how some fathers prefer some of their sons over others.
Answer:
This is not permissible; it is injustice. Preferring some children over others is among the injustice that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against. He said, "Fear Allah and be just among your children." And he said, "I do not bear witness to injustice," when some of the Companions wanted him, or asked him, to bear witness to a gift he had given to some of his children. He said (peace and blessings be upon him) Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is the mother of Zayd asking, and she requests that you, may Allah honor you, speak about the behavior of some fathers toward their sons, and how some fathers prefer some of their sons over others.
Answer:
This is not permissible; it is injustice. Preferring some children over others is among the injustice that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against. He said, "Fear Allah and be just among your children." And he said, "I do not bear witness to injustice," when some of the Companions wanted him, or asked him, to bear witness to a gift he had given to some of his children. He said (peace and blessings be upon him)
I bear witness to this, but I do not bear witness to injustice,
أشهد على هذا غيري فإني لا أشهد على جور،The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/216 — archive.org (13:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.