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Is it permissible to use the saved amount to buy a simple used car to facilitate movement for the wife and son, which would delay debt repayment, knowing that using bicycles as a means of transport causes great hardship for the wife and son, especially in winter and rain?

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You must pay your debt to your father immediately if he asks for it, and you are not allowed to postpone the payment to buy a car. However, if your father does not demand immediate payment, there is no sin upon you for delaying it. The evidence for this is that a mature debt owed by one who is able to pay must be fulfilled immediately upon the creditor's demand, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Procrastination by a rich person is oppression." If the creditor does not demand it, then it is not immediately obligatory.

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