The ruling on parents intervening in the affairs of their children
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Question:
A phrase I paused on, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is her statement that my mother interferes in my affairs. Is it fitting for children to speak to their parents in this way?
Answer:
This is not fitting and should not be done. Neither the father nor the mother should interfere in matters concerning the correction of the son or daughter. They are obligated to raise their children according to the Shari'ah. So the father intervenes, and the mother intervenes in something to correct the children and benefit them in their religion and worldly affairs. As for something that prevents them from good or discourages them from the truth, it is not befitting for the parents. Obedience is only in what is right. If the father tells his son, "I want you to steal, or betray a trust, or cheat in transactions," it is not permissible to obey him, nor to obey the father in such matters. Yes.
Because this is disobedience. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Obedience is only in what is right; there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. Likewise, if he says to him, "You do not pray in congregation," or "You are undutiful to your brothers, cutting off your brothers in the severance that Allah has forbidden."
Or if he says to him, "You must deal in riba (usury or interest)," or "You must turn to intoxicants or narcotics," he does not obey them in a sound command. Obedience is only in what is right; there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. Yes.
A phrase I paused on, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is her statement that my mother interferes in my affairs. Is it fitting for children to speak to their parents in this way?
Answer:
This is not fitting and should not be done. Neither the father nor the mother should interfere in matters concerning the correction of the son or daughter. They are obligated to raise their children according to the Shari'ah. So the father intervenes, and the mother intervenes in something to correct the children and benefit them in their religion and worldly affairs. As for something that prevents them from good or discourages them from the truth, it is not befitting for the parents. Obedience is only in what is right. If the father tells his son, "I want you to steal, or betray a trust, or cheat in transactions," it is not permissible to obey him, nor to obey the father in such matters. Yes.
Because this is disobedience. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Obedience is only in what is right; there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. Likewise, if he says to him, "You do not pray in congregation," or "You are undutiful to your brothers, cutting off your brothers in the severance that Allah has forbidden."
Or if he says to him, "You must deal in riba (usury or interest)," or "You must turn to intoxicants or narcotics," he does not obey them in a sound command. Obedience is only in what is right; there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 10016 - حكم الوالدين أن يتدخلا في شئون الأبناء - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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