What is the ruling on using these gifts, given that a brother working in the Arabian Gulf has shunned his father for 12 years, and when he visited his father, he presented him with a gift (two pieces of cloth and two shirts), which the father refused to use and asked his other son to take, especially since the brother had presented a fabric gift a year prior, which the father also did not use? Does the son need his brother's permission to use them, and would he be sinful if he used them without his permission, particularly since his brother did not offer him a gift?
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All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and companions.
It is permissible for you to use those pieces because your father owned them and gave you permission, and your brother has no right to revoke that. However, it is advisable to persuade your father to use them and expiate his oath, and to urge your brother to honor his father and apologize to him, and to show affection towards him with good words and deeds until he forgives him. And Allah knows best.
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