Sitting with a father who brings harm and dutifulness to parents
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The questioner:
And until Abu al-Zubair is obtained, and his father always sits in front of you within the frame of the izar, and something comes out of it from the ear with him, he said: O Abu 'Ali, he said: I am for him, so will you write with him and I will send him away? For the one who has this source.
The Shaykh:
Do not sit with him, because there is harm in this, harm and aggression upon the person, so do not sit with him. This is not undutifulness to parents; this is a matter of seeking safety. You must advise him, making it clear to him that this brings him harm, and that it earns him sins, and perhaps it will drag him into something worse than this little by little. At first, he is lenient regarding images of women and songs, saying this is a thing with no consequence, and then the love of these things becomes imprinted in his heart and he becomes accustomed to them, perhaps becoming immersed in them. So staying away from harm is undoubtedly more desirable for the conscience; it is more desirable. Yes.
And until Abu al-Zubair is obtained, and his father always sits in front of you within the frame of the izar, and something comes out of it from the ear with him, he said: O Abu 'Ali, he said: I am for him, so will you write with him and I will send him away? For the one who has this source.
The Shaykh:
Do not sit with him, because there is harm in this, harm and aggression upon the person, so do not sit with him. This is not undutifulness to parents; this is a matter of seeking safety. You must advise him, making it clear to him that this brings him harm, and that it earns him sins, and perhaps it will drag him into something worse than this little by little. At first, he is lenient regarding images of women and songs, saying this is a thing with no consequence, and then the love of these things becomes imprinted in his heart and he becomes accustomed to them, perhaps becoming immersed in them. So staying away from harm is undoubtedly more desirable for the conscience; it is more desirable. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : ويدعون إلى مكارم الأخلاق ومحاسن الأعمال — islamhouse.com (1:19:04)
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