Is it permissible for a son to buy tobacco for his father if the father will become angry with him if he does not?
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Question:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If my father orders me to buy him tobacco, is that permissible for me? Knowing that he becomes angry with me if I do not bring it to him?
Answer:
This is not permissible. There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator,[Al-Ma'idah 5:2], and there is no obedience to a created being, whether a father or anyone else, in disobedience to the Creator. Yes.
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If my father orders me to buy him tobacco, is that permissible for me? Knowing that he becomes angry with me if I do not bring it to him?
Answer:
This is not permissible. There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator,
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2299- 4717] هل يجوز للابن أن يشتري لوالده دخانا إذا كان الأب سيغضب عليه إن لم يفعل؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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