Is it permissible to punish a son by depriving him of money so that he does not buy forbidden things with it?
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The questioner : The second question from the brother Zuhayr’s speech on the topic of reward and punishment: We understood from your words that you do not encourage material rewards and punishments absolutely, because they lead to...
The Shaykh : Yes, but Abu Yahya’s speech was not about punishment, and therefore we distinguished between what we intended and what he referred to. His question was not about punishment by withholding money, but rather withholding money so that he does not exploit it to buy what is not permissible...
The questioner : This clarifies it later...
The Shaykh: Yes ... .
The questioner : But originally, the speech...
The Shaykh : It is so...
The questioner : And your answer to that was that one should not punish with the matter of money, nor reward with money, but there are other means besides money. Even if they are guided by money, I do not think you say not to use them, such as buying things, buying books, buying such-and-such to encourage the child or the young one to progress and improve.
The Shaykh : This is the opposite of that. In that case, money is not given because he is prevented from using it to aid in sin. Here, it is given, and it is not giving money but buying things that he benefits from. In fact, if money were given to him to buy them, that would be in the category of cooperation in righteousness and piety...
The questioner : Encouraging him to progress and improve...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, but Abu Yahya’s speech was not about punishment, and therefore we distinguished between what we intended and what he referred to. His question was not about punishment by withholding money, but rather withholding money so that he does not exploit it to buy what is not permissible...
The questioner : This clarifies it later...
The Shaykh: Yes ... .
The questioner : But originally, the speech...
The Shaykh : It is so...
The questioner : And your answer to that was that one should not punish with the matter of money, nor reward with money, but there are other means besides money. Even if they are guided by money, I do not think you say not to use them, such as buying things, buying books, buying such-and-such to encourage the child or the young one to progress and improve.
The Shaykh : This is the opposite of that. In that case, money is not given because he is prevented from using it to aid in sin. Here, it is given, and it is not giving money but buying things that he benefits from. In fact, if money were given to him to buy them, that would be in the category of cooperation in righteousness and piety...
The questioner : Encouraging him to progress and improve...
The Shaykh: Yes.
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