What is obligatory for children toward their father who harms them in word and deed?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is obligatory for children toward their father who harms them greatly in word and deed?
The Shaykh:
They should be patient with him. It is obligatory for them to be patient with him, to be dutiful to him, and to treat him with kindness. This is their duty. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Fear Allah. They are the ones who are wrong. Fear Allah. They are the ones who are ill-mannered, and he is reprimanding them for their ill manners, or for abandoning prayer, or for not wanting him to say anything to them. If they are like this, then they are the ones who are wrong, and he is the one who is right. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is obligatory for children toward their father who harms them greatly in word and deed?
The Shaykh:
They should be patient with him. It is obligatory for them to be patient with him, to be dutiful to him, and to treat him with kindness. This is their duty. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Fear Allah. They are the ones who are wrong. Fear Allah. They are the ones who are ill-mannered, and he is reprimanding them for their ill manners, or for abandoning prayer, or for not wanting him to say anything to them. If they are like this, then they are the ones who are wrong, and he is the one who is right. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3851- 4717] ماذا يجب على الأبناء تجاه والدهم الذي يؤذيهم بالقول والفعل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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