A Father’s Guidance for His Adolescent Sons

Question:
This questioner is Abdullah’s mother, O Shaykh. She says: Honorable Shaykh, I have sons who are fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen years old. Most of the time they sit watching the low-content channels, and their father is busy at the rest houses, doing nothing. When I tell them to advise them and encourage them to pray in the mosque, he says, “No, they are older; may Allah guide them.” So what is the Shaykh’s guidance for this father and for us?

Answer:
First, the father of the six, the five, the sixteen, and the seventeen is not dealing with adolescents; these are adults who have reached puberty and become men. They must fear Allah in themselves and stay away from the means of evil and the Satanic networks that bring them corrupt beliefs and statements. They must avoid them. They must clear their homes of the display of these networks that contain degradation, corruption, and the loss of religion and worldly life. They should remove them from their homes. The children are undoubtedly a trust in the necks of their fathers, and as long as they live with you, they are under your responsibility. Yes.