If a father who is not committed to religious matters such as fasting, prayer, and zakah becomes angry with his son, and when the son advises him and tries to get him to adhere to the matters of the Shari'ah, does the son sin because of this anger?

The questioner : This is a message received from Muhammad al-Tayyib from Sudan. He sent a message saying: If a father who is not committed to religious matters such as prayer, fasting, and zakah becomes angry with his son when the son advises him and tries to get him to adhere to the matters of the Shari'ah, does the son sin because of this anger? And does this fall under the category of undutifulness to parents? We ask for your guidance on this.

The Shaykh : A son advising his father, or his mother, or his relatives is not undutifulness to the parents nor severing ties with relatives. Rather, this is part of dutifulness to the parents and maintaining family ties. It is obligatory for a person to be dutiful to his parents by advising them and to maintain ties with his relatives by advising them, as Allah the Exalted said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) . If the parents or relatives become angry at this advice, their anger is upon them, and you bear no responsibility for it. Angering them through advice is not considered severing ties or undutifulness. However, you must be wise in your advice by seeking the circumstances in which they are most likely to respond and accept it, and you should not be harsh, curse, or insult, because this may repel the people to whom you are directing the advice. If you come with the best approach, being sincere to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and obeying His command and advising His servants, there is much good in that, and the anger of whoever becomes angry will not harm you. Have you not seen the story that occurred between Ibrahim al-Khalil and his father in Surat Maryam, where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his father ? Consider this gentleness in speech. He said to him , knowing that he was an associate of partners with Allah . He did not say, "O my father, I am knowledgeable and you are ignorant." Rather, he said . He did not wish to describe his father as ignorant, even though his father was undoubtedly ignorant of the knowledge that Ibrahim possessed . So what did the father say to him? . Do you find any anger greater than this anger? He said to his son and said for a long time. What did his son say? He said . So take a lesson from this story. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) is the best of the prophets after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he is the one about whom Allah said to His Prophet . And yet, he addressed his polytheist father with this speech and this dialogue, and then he said at the end .
The important point is that it is obligatory for you to advise your father regarding the sins he is committing, so that perhaps Allah may grant him repentance and guidance. Even if he becomes angry, do not be concerned by his anger, for his anger is only upon himself. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah bless you, O honorable Shaykh.