Financial Support for a Father Who Does Not Pray
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Question:
If the father does not pray, and the son wants to provide for his father, but the mother refuses, what is the ruling?
Answer:
No, the mother has no right to prevent it, because he is providing for his father, even if the father is not a Muslim. Allah the Exalted said:[Luqman 31:15].
This applies to the son regarding his disbelieving parents: it is obligatory for the son to treat them with kindness, and this includes providing for them if they need it. He must be dutiful to them and provide for them, even if they are disbelievers. However, he does not love them with a love other than that of financial support. He provides for them on the basis of their fatherhood, but he does not love them on the basis of their disbelief.[Al-Mujadila 58:22] He provides for them even if they do not disbelieve. Yes.
If the father does not pray, and the son wants to provide for his father, but the mother refuses, what is the ruling?
Answer:
No, the mother has no right to prevent it, because he is providing for his father, even if the father is not a Muslim. Allah the Exalted said:
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًاThis applies to the son regarding his disbelieving parents: it is obligatory for the son to treat them with kindness, and this includes providing for them if they need it. He must be dutiful to them and provide for them, even if they are disbelievers. However, he does not love them with a love other than that of financial support. He provides for them on the basis of their fatherhood, but he does not love them on the basis of their disbelief.
even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers
وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (1:03:51)
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