Question
A boy's mother instructs her son to shave his beard. The boy asked a Mufti for advice. The Mufti said that in order to please his mother he should shave his beard. Is this correct?
Answer
The mufti is indeed a jaahil. He gave the son the evil/haraam advice to obey the haraam instruction of his mother. It is haraam for the son to obey the haraam instruction of his mother. He is not allowed to shave his beard. In this case it is Waajib to disobey the mother, but without being insolent and disrespectful. The mufti is a fake who cannot distinguish between night and day.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 26 No 03
- PDF page
- 2
Appears under RUINING CHILDREN’S IMAAN | (approximate).