Is it permissible to cite the incident of the monk whose mother called him while he was praying, and he did not respond to her, so she invoked a curse upon him?
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The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. I read a statement by one of the brothers: that he permits the mother the right to call her son during a voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He permits the mother
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : the right to call her son
The Shaykh : the right
The questioner : the right to call her son during a voluntary prayer. And he said: There is evidence for this in the hadith of the monk whose mother called him during prayer, but he did not respond to her, so she invoked a curse upon him, and Allah answered her supplication. What is the correct ruling in this matter? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The correct ruling in this matter is that if the mother calls her son while he is praying, and her call is due to a dire necessity, it is obligatory for him to break his prayer, and if he continues in it, he is sinful. Or if he knows that if he does not respond to this mother, she will become angry with him and consider it undutifulness to her on his part, then it is also obligatory for him to break his prayer. This is the story of the man in the hadith, because his mother became angry with him, as evidenced by the fact that she invoked a curse.
As for if he knows that if his mother learns that he is praying, she will be satisfied with that, meaning: with his not speaking to her, then it is not obligatory for him to break the voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He permits the mother
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : the right to call her son
The Shaykh : the right
The questioner : the right to call her son during a voluntary prayer. And he said: There is evidence for this in the hadith of the monk whose mother called him during prayer, but he did not respond to her, so she invoked a curse upon him, and Allah answered her supplication. What is the correct ruling in this matter? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The correct ruling in this matter is that if the mother calls her son while he is praying, and her call is due to a dire necessity, it is obligatory for him to break his prayer, and if he continues in it, he is sinful. Or if he knows that if he does not respond to this mother, she will become angry with him and consider it undutifulness to her on his part, then it is also obligatory for him to break his prayer. This is the story of the man in the hadith, because his mother became angry with him, as evidenced by the fact that she invoked a curse.
As for if he knows that if his mother learns that he is praying, she will be satisfied with that, meaning: with his not speaking to her, then it is not obligatory for him to break the voluntary prayer.