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Father
does not allow him to do i'tikaaf for inconvincing reasons
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Question: What
is the ruling of the person whose father did not allow him
to do i'tikaaf for unconvincing reasons?
Response:
I'tikaaf is sunnah (recommended) and righteousness to parents
is obligatory, and a recommended act does not override an
obligation. It does not contradict the obligation in anyway
because the obligation takes precedence over it. Allaah the
most High said in a hadeeth qudsee: "My servant does not come
closer to Me with something more beloved to Me than that which
I have obligated upon him." So, if your father orders you
not to do i'tikaaf, and mentions reasons that mean you do
not do i'tikaaf due to his need of you during that time, then
the father is the one to weigh that up not you. This is because
the scale you have may be unjust and inaccurate. This is because
you desire to do i'tikaaf, so you do not consider these excuses
as justifiable whereas your father considers them justifiable.
So what I advise you is not to make i'tikaaf. Yes, if your
father said not to make i'tikaaf without mentioning any just
reason for that, you would not be obliged to obey him in this
case, as you are not obliged to follow him in a matter which
in disobeying him would not cause any harm to him and in obeying
him would cause disadvantage to you.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 2, Page 878, Fatwa No.866;
Fataawa ash-Shaykh Muhammad as-Saalih al-'Uthaymeen - Volume
1, Pages 551-552
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