Advice on the obligation of cooperating in righteousness and piety and encouraging sons toward their rectitude
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This listener allows us to ask a few questions if you would be so kind. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes. When a committed young man who calls to Allah and adheres to the Prophetic Sunnah grows up in a family, many families complain about this and try to bring him back to their ways, which were not pleasing. Perhaps Your Eminence has guidance in this matter. May Allah reward you with good. This is not permissible. It is obligatory for the family to encourage good. If a young man grows up in their midst and commits to the truth, preserves the prayers, avoids letting his garment hang below the ankles, and avoids shaving his beard, it is actually obligatory to help him in this. They should be grateful for this great good, support him, and encourage him to continue and remain steadfast. Likewise, if a girl grows up committed, preserving her prayer and her hijab, she should be thanked for this, and encouraged by her father, mother, and sisters. This is the obligation of everyone; for Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2].
As for discouraging him and mocking him, this is wrong and not permissible. The same applies to a woman; it is not permissible to discourage her or mock her if she is modest, wears the hijab, stays away from the causes of evil, preserves her prayer, is at peace in it, and performs it at its times. All of this must be encouraged, and those who do it must be praised, and they must not be discouraged. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone. O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This listener allows us to ask a few questions if you would be so kind. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes. When a committed young man who calls to Allah and adheres to the Prophetic Sunnah grows up in a family, many families complain about this and try to bring him back to their ways, which were not pleasing. Perhaps Your Eminence has guidance in this matter. May Allah reward you with good. This is not permissible. It is obligatory for the family to encourage good. If a young man grows up in their midst and commits to the truth, preserves the prayers, avoids letting his garment hang below the ankles, and avoids shaving his beard, it is actually obligatory to help him in this. They should be grateful for this great good, support him, and encourage him to continue and remain steadfast. Likewise, if a girl grows up committed, preserving her prayer and her hijab, she should be thanked for this, and encouraged by her father, mother, and sisters. This is the obligation of everyone; for Allah the Exalted says:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰAs for discouraging him and mocking him, this is wrong and not permissible. The same applies to a woman; it is not permissible to discourage her or mock her if she is modest, wears the hijab, stays away from the causes of evil, preserves her prayer, is at peace in it, and performs it at its times. All of this must be encouraged, and those who do it must be praised, and they must not be discouraged. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone. O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 9609 - نصيحة بوجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى وتشجيع الأبناء على صلاحهم - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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