What is your opinion of the one who says to his son that he is excused for not working in his business?
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The questioner:
I am a student in the middle school stage, and I have no source of income or salary or anything else, but my father is the one who spends on me, and this is normal. There are some brothers of mine who work in his business, except for me. So my father says that your brother so-and-so, who works and labors, is rewarded, even though he prays little or rarely prays, and you are punished. What is Your Eminence’s opinion of my father’s statement?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
My father, I am a student in the middle school stage, and I have no material sources of income or salary or anything else, and my father is the one who spends on me. There are some of my brothers who work with my father in his business, except for me. So my father says that your brother so-and-so, who works and labors, is rewarded, even though he prays little, and you are rewarded.
The Shaykh:
In any case, this is a mistake by your father. So call upon Allah for your father to be guided. There is no harm in his spending on you while you seek knowledge. We ask Allah to benefit him through you, benefit you through the knowledge, and guide your father so that he says what is good and says the truth. Yes.
I am a student in the middle school stage, and I have no source of income or salary or anything else, but my father is the one who spends on me, and this is normal. There are some brothers of mine who work in his business, except for me. So my father says that your brother so-and-so, who works and labors, is rewarded, even though he prays little or rarely prays, and you are punished. What is Your Eminence’s opinion of my father’s statement?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
My father, I am a student in the middle school stage, and I have no material sources of income or salary or anything else, and my father is the one who spends on me. There are some of my brothers who work with my father in his business, except for me. So my father says that your brother so-and-so, who works and labors, is rewarded, even though he prays little, and you are rewarded.
The Shaykh:
In any case, this is a mistake by your father. So call upon Allah for your father to be guided. There is no harm in his spending on you while you seek knowledge. We ask Allah to benefit him through you, benefit you through the knowledge, and guide your father so that he says what is good and says the truth. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 311 ما رأيكم فيمن يقول لابنه أنه معذور لعدم عمله في تجارته؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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