Is it permissible to obey one's parents if they order one to abandon a Sunnah?
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The Shaykh : Fear Allah as much as you are able, and... In light of the answer, look at the cases you wanted to discuss, and you will find that all the cases are weighed by this scale: "Fear Allah as much as you are able" and But if he orders him to abandon a Sunnah, is he to be obeyed? Now, the details, applying the rule: is he to be obeyed? Here, Abu Ahmad.
Abu Layla : He is to be obeyed.
The Shaykh : If the father or the mother...
Abu Layla : Yes, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : ...orders his son to abandon a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), is he to be obeyed?
Abu Layla : He is to be obeyed, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But I am asking you now; his answer might be, for you, as a study, perhaps common, but the jurisprudence derived from the Book and the Sunnah is firmly established in his mind, and praise be to Allah. Why? When the Bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and said, "Is there anything else required of me besides these?" He said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 458Sahih (Darussalam). He said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I will not add to them or subtract from them." Did he disobey Allah? A question.
The questioner : No, he did not disobey Allah.
The Shaykh : He did not disobey Allah. And when the father orders his son not to perform a Sunnah from the Sunnahs, he has not disobeyed Allah. But here, what does it come back to? It comes back to looking at what is in the heart: does he disapprove of it, or is he on the path of the Bedouin, "I will not add to them or subtract from them"? Is that clear to you?
The questioner: Yes.
Abu Layla : Our Shaykh, for example, an example, O our Shaykh: a man prevents his son from praying in the mosque. So he must pray the obligatory prayer in... and return to the house and pray the Sunnah?
The Shaykh: Yes.
Abu Layla : As for him, for example, refusing to obey his father by not praying in the mosque.
The Shaykh: No.
Abu Layla : There is no obedience in that. As for the Sunnah, he prays it and returns directly to the house. These are some examples, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : Obligating the son to do what he cannot bear, regarding financial matters?
The Shaykh : The answer has already been given.
The questioner : The answer has already been given.
The Shaykh : Do not forgetSunan Abi Dawud 2625Sahih (Al-Albani) So fear Allah as much as you are able, and in what is right. He threw it on the ground, may Allah guide him. It is not permissible to throw it on the ground, my brother. May Allah guide you. Dirt will get into it, hey... the one you threw just now.
Abu Layla : The door of the prayer will open, O our Shaykh. The door of the prayer will open for them.
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah. Where will the return come from now?
Abu Layla : Between the two rows, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Before or after?
Abu Layla : After.
The Shaykh : After.
Abu Layla : This is because this is where the return comes from above, as you mentioned, O our Shaykh. Now, that one comes after it. Now, the return comes between the two rows, between the one who wants to give to the tank and the one who wants to return from the tank.
The student : O Shaykh, is the weather suitable for you? The weather in Amman?
The Shaykh : How?
The student : Is it suitable for you?
Another student: Of course.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The student : Good, I mean. The time, as you know, in the Gulf, the weather is hot.
The Shaykh : Ah, indeed.
The student : And humid.
The Shaykh : May Allah assist you.
The student : Even Mahmoud Atiya said, "If the Shaykh comes to us, he does not come to us, if Allah wills, except in winter when the weather is cold."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Of course.
There is no obedience except in what is right
لا طاعة إلا في المعروفAbu Layla : He is to be obeyed.
The Shaykh : If the father or the mother...
Abu Layla : Yes, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : ...orders his son to abandon a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), is he to be obeyed?
Abu Layla : He is to be obeyed, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But I am asking you now; his answer might be, for you, as a study, perhaps common, but the jurisprudence derived from the Book and the Sunnah is firmly established in his mind, and praise be to Allah. Why? When the Bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and said, "Is there anything else required of me besides these?" He said:
No, unless you do it voluntarily.
لا ـ إلا أن تتطوَّعThe questioner : No, he did not disobey Allah.
The Shaykh : He did not disobey Allah. And when the father orders his son not to perform a Sunnah from the Sunnahs, he has not disobeyed Allah. But here, what does it come back to? It comes back to looking at what is in the heart: does he disapprove of it, or is he on the path of the Bedouin, "I will not add to them or subtract from them"? Is that clear to you?
The questioner: Yes.
Abu Layla : Our Shaykh, for example, an example, O our Shaykh: a man prevents his son from praying in the mosque. So he must pray the obligatory prayer in... and return to the house and pray the Sunnah?
The Shaykh: Yes.
Abu Layla : As for him, for example, refusing to obey his father by not praying in the mosque.
The Shaykh: No.
Abu Layla : There is no obedience in that. As for the Sunnah, he prays it and returns directly to the house. These are some examples, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : Obligating the son to do what he cannot bear, regarding financial matters?
The Shaykh : The answer has already been given.
The questioner : The answer has already been given.
The Shaykh : Do not forget
Obedience is in matters which are good and universally recognized.
إنما الطاعة في المعروفAbu Layla : The door of the prayer will open, O our Shaykh. The door of the prayer will open for them.
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah. Where will the return come from now?
Abu Layla : Between the two rows, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Before or after?
Abu Layla : After.
The Shaykh : After.
Abu Layla : This is because this is where the return comes from above, as you mentioned, O our Shaykh. Now, that one comes after it. Now, the return comes between the two rows, between the one who wants to give to the tank and the one who wants to return from the tank.
The student : O Shaykh, is the weather suitable for you? The weather in Amman?
The Shaykh : How?
The student : Is it suitable for you?
Another student: Of course.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The student : Good, I mean. The time, as you know, in the Gulf, the weather is hot.
The Shaykh : Ah, indeed.
The student : And humid.
The Shaykh : May Allah assist you.
The student : Even Mahmoud Atiya said, "If the Shaykh comes to us, he does not come to us, if Allah wills, except in winter when the weather is cold."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Of course.
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