The Good Example and the Behavior of Parents Before Their Children
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Question:
Finally, Honorable Shaykh, he says: A good example is important in our lives, but some fathers (may Allah guide them) do things in front of their children that contradict reality and the Shari'ah. What is your guidance for them? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This is a great error, because the father does things that are not permissible; this is forbidden for him, or he is strictly prohibited from it. But if he does it in the presence of his children, the matter is more severe, because they imitate him. So he does what is forbidden, and his children and whoever sees him imitate him, making him a bad example. Yes.
Finally, Honorable Shaykh, he says: A good example is important in our lives, but some fathers (may Allah guide them) do things in front of their children that contradict reality and the Shari'ah. What is your guidance for them? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This is a great error, because the father does things that are not permissible; this is forbidden for him, or he is strictly prohibited from it. But if he does it in the presence of his children, the matter is more severe, because they imitate him. So he does what is forbidden, and his children and whoever sees him imitate him, making him a bad example. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/151 — archive.org (21:40)
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