Is it permissible for a son to place his father or mother in a nursing home?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding placing a father in a nursing home, is it permissible? Or a mother, is it permissible for a son to place his father or mother in a nursing home?
The Shaykh : If he is unable to serve him, or her, or both of them, "for some evil is less than some." But what we know today is that among the undutifulness of children toward their parents is burying them while they are still alive before their death, throwing them into these nursing homes and specialized hospitals so that they may be relieved from serving them, especially the wealthy and affluent. For these people, this action is not permissible without a doubt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) And in a hadith of al-Nasa'i But due to the corruption of this time and the lack of upbringing, and the parents are busy first, you do not find the sons today being sincere that they want to be relieved from serving the father or the mother or both together. So the answer, briefly and concisely, is that it is permissible and it is not permissible. The permissibility has its place, and the impermissibility has its place.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he is unable to serve him, or her, or both of them, "for some evil is less than some." But what we know today is that among the undutifulness of children toward their parents is burying them while they are still alive before their death, throwing them into these nursing homes and specialized hospitals so that they may be relieved from serving them, especially the wealthy and affluent. For these people, this action is not permissible without a doubt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
When that Yemeni man came to him to fight with him (peace be upon him) and said to him, "I have left my parents and they are weeping," he said, "Go back to them and make them laugh as you made them weep."
لما جاءه ذلك الرجل اليمني ليجاهد معه عليه السلام وقال له إني تركت أبوي وهم يبكيان فقال، ارجع إليهما وأضحكهما كما أبكيتهماStick to them, for Paradise is at their feet.
الزمهما فإن الجنة عند رجليهماThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
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