Is it permissible to disobey one's father if he orders one to abandon certain good deeds?

The questioner : What is the ruling if a man commits to the religion of Allah and then begins to do good deeds, but his father opposes this and prevents him from doing them? For example, he wants to travel to work in da'wah—naturally with the Salafis, or with the Tabligh group—or to do good deeds for people, and his father hates this and fights him over it and prevents him. He does these deeds secretly without informing his father so that no problems arise, or so that no anger or quarrel occurs between him and his father. What is the ruling on this?

The Shaykh : If a son does good without informing his father or letting him know about it, that is permissible. However, if he does something his father does not order him to do while his father is aware of it, that is not permissible, except for what is obligatory. That is, a father must be obeyed by his son in matters that do not involve disobedience to Allah. If he were to say to him, for example, "Do not pray the congregational prayer in the mosque," he is not to be obeyed; rather, he should go and pray the congregational prayer in the mosque, because the congregational prayer in the mosque is obligatory, just like the prayer itself, as Allah the Exalted said: . But if his father were to say to him, "Pray in the mosque in congregation, but as soon as you finish the taslim, come to the house," it is not permissible for him to disobey him, and he must come to the house immediately. Is my explanation clear to you? So, this charitable work that you are referring to, if it is done secretly and hidden from his father, that is permissible because it is a good deed. But it is not permissible for him to do it in defiance of his father, because that causes him annoyance and constitutes disobedience to him, and that is not permissible. Yes.