Obedience to the father in preventing his son from studying at the Islamic University
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is also a questioner from Britain who says: I was accepted into the Islamic University, praise be to Allah, but my father prevents me from going to Madinah because he says that if I go, I will disavow him. His question is: What should I do with my father who does not pray and does not care about matters of religion at all?
Answer:
No, do not obey him, do not obey him. Go and study and learn, and praise be to Allah, because he is ordering you to disobey [Allah], not to obey [Him]. And there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is also a questioner from Britain who says: I was accepted into the Islamic University, praise be to Allah, but my father prevents me from going to Madinah because he says that if I go, I will disavow him. His question is: What should I do with my father who does not pray and does not care about matters of religion at all?
Answer:
No, do not obey him, do not obey him. Go and study and learn, and praise be to Allah, because he is ordering you to disobey [Allah], not to obey [Him]. And there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فإذا عرف أن كل حركة فأصلها الحب والإرادة ... — islamhouse.com (1:11:05)
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