Does a son sin by not giving his father money when he asks for it?
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The questioner : All right, a man has money, and his father is a man who has a lot of money. His father asks him for money, also in large amounts. The man loves to give his father, but he thinks that his father will spend this money and then his heirs will divide it up, so he is afraid to give it to him. Does he have any obligation if he does not give it?
The Shaykh : If the son has a lot of money, and his father asks him for money, and he refuses to give it. Or rather, the father wants to take it from him by force.
The questioner : Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh : and his family, said: You and your wealth belong to your father.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, but if the money is his father’s own, he tells him, “Come to me, for example, and take what you want, eat what you want, ride what you want, and spend what you want.” But if I give it to you and you keep it with you, he thinks that if Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) wills and his father passes away, the heirs will divide up this thing.
The Shaykh : This man is strange. Does he know that his father will pass away before his brothers?
The questioner : No, he does not know.
The Shaykh : Who are his sons.
The questioner : He does not know that.
The Shaykh : Does he know that he will inherit this money? He does not know; this is a matter of the unseen. The important thing is that his father has the right to take whatever he wants from his son’s money, except if it harms the son.
The questioner : I say.
The Shaykh : The father spends it on this or that, so that is up to the father, not the son.
The presenter : Good, if Allah wills. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you likewise. Peace be upon you. Peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : If the son has a lot of money, and his father asks him for money, and he refuses to give it. Or rather, the father wants to take it from him by force.
The questioner : Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh : and his family, said: You and your wealth belong to your father.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, but if the money is his father’s own, he tells him, “Come to me, for example, and take what you want, eat what you want, ride what you want, and spend what you want.” But if I give it to you and you keep it with you, he thinks that if Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) wills and his father passes away, the heirs will divide up this thing.
The Shaykh : This man is strange. Does he know that his father will pass away before his brothers?
The questioner : No, he does not know.
The Shaykh : Who are his sons.
The questioner : He does not know that.
The Shaykh : Does he know that he will inherit this money? He does not know; this is a matter of the unseen. The important thing is that his father has the right to take whatever he wants from his son’s money, except if it harms the son.
The questioner : I say.
The Shaykh : The father spends it on this or that, so that is up to the father, not the son.
The presenter : Good, if Allah wills. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you likewise. Peace be upon you. Peace and the mercy of Allah.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1895- هل يأثم الأبن بعدم اعطاء ابيه مال إذا طلب منه /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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