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How can one deal with family members who do not heed religious advice, and a father who neglects prayer and interacts with women online, especially since the mother refuses to wake him for prayer, and how can they be guided to religion when they are kind to people but do not delve deeply into it?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Allah has commanded us to be good to our parents and to maintain ties of kinship. And among the greatest forms of beneficence is striving for their guidance. Your eagerness for the righteousness of your family is a sign of sincerity, so you must advise them, enjoin them to good, and forbid them from evil with gentleness and politeness, especially your parents. You can seek help from righteous people and religious audio recordings. Your dutifulness to your parents and obedience to them in what is right is more likely to lead to the acceptance of your advice. Seek help from Allah, for guidance is in His hand alone, and supplicate frequently with earnestness and sincerity.

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