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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is her obligation if her family refuses to let her adhere to her religion and her clothing?

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Question:
My parents refuse to accept my adherence to the Salafi methodology, and my mother took all my books and my jilbab (outer garment) from me, and said that if I do not please her, I have no choice but to leave the house. So I am forced to wear the clothes of the disbelievers. What must I do?

Answer:
First, true Salafism is necessary. As for the Salafism that some people claim, while they do not know Salafism, and they may attribute to the Salaf things from which the Salaf are innocent, Salafism has now become a subject of hesitation because some of those who claim it attribute to it what is not part of it through extremism, addition, and ignorance, saying that this is the methodology of the Salaf.
As for the correct, disciplined Salafism, this is the correct methodology in every place. But if they force you, if they force you regarding clothing, then you are coerced. And if you are able to marry and separate from them, you must take the initiative to marry a righteous husband. And you leave this house. But if marriage is not facilitated and you have no place other than your parents' house, then you are coerced in this situation. You must cover your 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) and wear clothes that are, meaning, covering the 'awrah but not tight on the body, and you are excused in that. Until Allah facilitates relief. Yes.
To add to the previous answer, I say that people now attribute to Salafism what is not part of it, and it is innocent of it, such as declaring people disbelievers without guidelines, and they say this is the methodology of the Salaf, and declaring people innovators without guidelines, and they mean that everyone who opposes them in their thought, they declare him a disbeliever or an innovator. They attribute this to the Salaf, and the Salaf are innocent of this. Rather, they kill people, carry weapons, and commit explosions, and they say this is the methodology of the Salaf.
This is a lie against the Salaf and the methodology of the people of the Sunnah. They say, "We are the people of the Sunnah," and they slaughter people, betray, and kill the innocent, and they say this is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah. This is from lying, and this is from distorting the methodology of the people of the Sunnah. So now, those who are not on the methodology of the Salaf claim to be on the methodology of the Salaf.
Either from the angle of distorting the methodology of the Salaf, or from the angle of ignorance, from the angle of ignorance, and they did not intend it, but they are ignorant of the methodology of the Salaf, so they attribute to it what is not from them. The one who claims to be on the methodology of the Salaf must study the methodology of the Salaf from the people of knowledge. He does not study the methodology of the Salaf from the ignorant or from the pretenders to knowledge, but he takes it from the scholars, from the recognized scholars. The methodology of the Salaf is taken from the scholars, so it is not taken from books, or books are compiled and read, and one says, "I take the methodology of the Salaf from the books." No, you do not understand what you take from the books, and you do not understand. So it is necessary that the methodology of the Salaf be received from the recognized scholars.
Those who know the methodology of the Salaf. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen and the Ansar and those who followed them with good conductوَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَانٍ
[At-Tawbah 9:100]
. He said, "with excellence." And He did not say, "Follow them only." He said, "Follow them with excellence." Meaning, with mastery and knowledge of the methodology of the Salaf. And this requires learning and understanding. Not everyone who claims to be on the Salafi methodology says, "This is Salafi," and does what he pleases, slaughters, kills, and declares disbelievers, and says this is the Salafi methodology. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا عليها إن رفض أهلها أن تلتزم في دينها ولباسها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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