Is it obligatory for a son to obey his father if he prevents him from going to a specific country to earn a living?
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The questioner : Our father goes to a specific country, meaning there is no work except in this country, even though my father is not committed. Does he obey his father in not going to this country?
The Shaykh : If he does not go to that country which his father forbids him from going to.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from?
The questioner : There is nothing.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, where does he eat from?
The questioner : It is the country where he is currently... .
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from? Will he die? Say it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is nothing, do you understand? There is nothing. If he obeys his father and does not go to the country he wants to go to, in obedience to his father, where does he eat from?
The questioner : Life is difficult, meaning there is no food, there is no... there is no opportunity, there is no income to sustain him.
The Shaykh : Did you not hear what I said? Will he die of hunger? Say no.
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : So where does he eat from?
The questioner : He goes to the country, meaning.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength, my brother, your father prevents you from going to earn your sustenance.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, so will he die if he does not go?
The questioner : No, he will not die, he is not going to die, meaning.
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from?
The questioner : So he goes, he goes, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, he does not go. If he does not go in obedience to his father, will he die of hunger?
The questioner : No, he will not die of hunger.
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from?
The questioner : There is a simple income coming, meaning.
The Shaykh : Did you see how it is? So he goes to the country to expand, so he is not dying. If he is dying or his livelihood is so tight that he needs to live and cannot find it, then there is no obedience to his father. But as long as he is living a life, even if it is a life of material hardship, it is obligatory for him to obey his father. End.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good... I am from Egypt.
The Shaykh : If he does not go to that country which his father forbids him from going to.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from?
The questioner : There is nothing.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, where does he eat from?
The questioner : It is the country where he is currently... .
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from? Will he die? Say it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is nothing, do you understand? There is nothing. If he obeys his father and does not go to the country he wants to go to, in obedience to his father, where does he eat from?
The questioner : Life is difficult, meaning there is no food, there is no... there is no opportunity, there is no income to sustain him.
The Shaykh : Did you not hear what I said? Will he die of hunger? Say no.
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : So where does he eat from?
The questioner : He goes to the country, meaning.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength, my brother, your father prevents you from going to earn your sustenance.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, so will he die if he does not go?
The questioner : No, he will not die, he is not going to die, meaning.
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from?
The questioner : So he goes, he goes, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, he does not go. If he does not go in obedience to his father, will he die of hunger?
The questioner : No, he will not die of hunger.
The Shaykh : Where does he eat from?
The questioner : There is a simple income coming, meaning.
The Shaykh : Did you see how it is? So he goes to the country to expand, so he is not dying. If he is dying or his livelihood is so tight that he needs to live and cannot find it, then there is no obedience to his father. But as long as he is living a life, even if it is a life of material hardship, it is obligatory for him to obey his father. End.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good... I am from Egypt.
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