Is it a sin to be away from one's parents out of necessity?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, we reside in this good country, and in your vicinity we benefit from your knowledge. We ask Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, to preserve you in good health and well-being.
The Shaykh : Everyone.
The questioner : Unless one of us has a mother or a father, a father or a mother...
The Shaykh : What? Huh?
The questioner : One of us has a father or a mother...
The Shaykh : Or?
The questioner : Or a mother, meaning his father or mother is still alive.
The Shaykh : A father or a mother.
The questioner : Yes, so the circumstances are a barrier that prevents seeing them except after long periods, meaning he cannot see or visit them except after long periods. Does the person sin by doing this, knowing that the circumstances...?
The Shaykh : This person says he is away from his parents on a journey for his necessary worldly or scholarly needs. Is it permissible for him, given that he has two parents?
The answer is: if the parents do not have a need for his presence among them, there is no harm in his being away from them for a long period. However, during this absence, he must maintain contact with them. And praise be to Allah, communication is now facilitated; there is the telephone, mail, and telegram, all made easy. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The Shaykh : Everyone.
The questioner : Unless one of us has a mother or a father, a father or a mother...
The Shaykh : What? Huh?
The questioner : One of us has a father or a mother...
The Shaykh : Or?
The questioner : Or a mother, meaning his father or mother is still alive.
The Shaykh : A father or a mother.
The questioner : Yes, so the circumstances are a barrier that prevents seeing them except after long periods, meaning he cannot see or visit them except after long periods. Does the person sin by doing this, knowing that the circumstances...?
The Shaykh : This person says he is away from his parents on a journey for his necessary worldly or scholarly needs. Is it permissible for him, given that he has two parents?
The answer is: if the parents do not have a need for his presence among them, there is no harm in his being away from them for a long period. However, during this absence, he must maintain contact with them. And praise be to Allah, communication is now facilitated; there is the telephone, mail, and telegram, all made easy. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Very well.