Is the permission of the parents required if it is an individual obligation?

The questioner : The rest of the question, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : If it is an individual obligation, and after we have known your answer from you, is seeking the permission of the family, the parents...?

The Shaykh : It is not, it is not. Seeking the permission of the parents is for a collective obligation, but there is no general rule that does not have a specific exception. In this question, we are giving this general answer: the parents do not need to be asked for permission. But without a doubt, the parents may be in a situation where the son is exposed to committing a forbidden act, in that he wants to escape from falling into a forbidden act, which is turning away from jihad in the path of Allah. So if we assume the parents are two old men or sick, and they have no son to serve them except one, in this case, it is not said that he must ask their permission or not. If they give him permission, he does not set out, because he is in jihad with them. But take the opposite case of this case exactly: the parents are in the prime of their strength and vitality, and they have as many sons as Allah wills. If one of them goes to jihad in the path of Allah, he does not ask their permission, even if they shout, wail, and moan. Do you understand how it is? And so on.