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Is it permissible to force a sick mother to take medicine and food, raising one's voice at her, and threatening her with intravenous medication, and is this approach considered disobedience to parents?

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It is advisable to supplicate for the sick mother's recovery and to treat her kindly, trying to persuade her to take medicine or food without harshness. A doctor can be enlisted to compel her to take medicine if necessary.

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