Is it permissible for a girl to compel her father to grant her a general power of attorney over his property, and then transfer the ownership of the house, car, and a portion of the money to her name and her mother's name without his knowledge, under the pretext of fearing for their future due to his behavior (conversing with women, committing adultery, and abstaining from his wife) and his financial stinginess, while she fears that this might be theft or set a bad example for her children in the future? And is it permissible for her to expose him and confront him with what she knows of his actions?
It is not permissible to seize the father's property through cunning and betrayal. If the father does not spend adequately, the mother and daughter may take from his money what suffices them for the obligatory maintenance only, based on the hadith of Hind. Spying on the father and exposing him to relatives is forbidden, and the perpetrator must repent. The father has a great right over his children, and disobeying him does not negate his right or permit ill-treatment or aggression against his property. Enjoining parents to do good and forbidding them from evil should be done with gentleness and leniency, without violence or abuse; otherwise, it should be abandoned. The general rule is to conceal the father's faults and not expose him, unless there is an overriding benefit.
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