Does the reprehensible become forbidden and the permissible obligatory if the parents command one to abstain from it or do it, and when is a son's action considered disobedience to his parents?
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Obeying parents is obligatory with certain conditions: there must be a benefit for them in the matter, and no harm should befall the child by performing it. If what they commanded is permissible, has a benefit for them, and causes you no harm, then obedience is obligatory; otherwise, it is not. Obedience to them in disliked () and doubtful matters is obligatory if the aforementioned condition is met. If your parents do not see you doing a permissible or recommended act that they forbade, there is no harm in doing it, because no harm will result to them from that.
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