What is the ruling on taking from charities when one is not in need of them, and what is the ruling on using furniture that a father took from a tenant, while there is doubt about how it was obtained, and what should the children do in both cases?

We advise the father to seek guidance, repent, and redress injustices. We urge the children to counsel him with wisdom and good admonition.

Regarding eating from the voluntary charity (sadaqat al-tatawwu') that the father brings, there is no sin upon the children for doing so, nor is there any sin upon him for accepting it without solicitation. Voluntary charity is permissible for the wealthy and is considered like a gift. Nevertheless, it is preferable for the wealthy to refrain from taking it, and it is disliked to expose oneself to it; self-restraint is better.

As for the furniture that the father claims he acquired legitimately and was not entrusted with delivering to the poor, the original ruling is that it belongs to him, and his claim is to be believed. There is no sin upon the children for benefiting from it.

We emphasize that it is not permissible to disparage or mock the father. Rather, he must be advised with gentleness and kind words, and he must be treated with kindness and dutifulness.