My father has been addicted to alcohol and intoxicants for a long time and continues to be so. Recently, I saw him in the house with a foreign woman, and it is known about her that she accepts committing fornication in exchange for the money given to her, whether little or much.
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The questioner : The questioner says: My father has been addicted to alcohol and intoxicants for a long time and continues to be so. Recently, I saw him in the house with a foreign woman, and it is known about her that she accepts committing fornication in exchange for the money given to her, whether little or much. There are many women who do the same. Please inform us about this, may Allah reward you. I am in dire need of an answer. What do you advise me to do?
The Shaykh : First, we see that it is obligatory for you, and as part of your dutifulness to your father, to advise him and not to despair of his reformation. How many people have committed great wrongs, or even disbelief, and yet through advice and repeated advice, Allah guides them. If that happens and he is guided, that is what is desired. Otherwise, it is obligatory to raise the matter to the authorities in order to protect your father from this heinous act, may Allah protect us from it, and also to protect this woman who was coming to the house.
The Shaykh : First, we see that it is obligatory for you, and as part of your dutifulness to your father, to advise him and not to despair of his reformation. How many people have committed great wrongs, or even disbelief, and yet through advice and repeated advice, Allah guides them. If that happens and he is guided, that is what is desired. Otherwise, it is obligatory to raise the matter to the authorities in order to protect your father from this heinous act, may Allah protect us from it, and also to protect this woman who was coming to the house.