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Answered by Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish

My parents have statues in their house. I tried to explain to them that this is haram, but they did not accept my explanation and warned me that it is their house, while becoming very angry indeed. I do not accept the presence of these statues in the house, and fear that the angels of mercy will not enter the house. But what do I do? I am reasonably sure that if I break the statues, they will throw me out of the house. 

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

What is expected of you is to dislike their presence, and to counsel your parents gently.

It is not islamically expected of you to break them. Rather, try to convince them of the harm entailed by the presence of statues and the like in the house.

You have a fine example in the Prophet Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him), when he called upon his father, in Surah Maryam [of the Qur’an], in a gentleness and kindly way, when he said,

“O dear father! Lo! I fear lest a punishment from the Beneficent overtake you so that you become a comrade of Satan.”[Qur’an, 19.45]

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Muhammad Qaylish

(Translated by Faraz Rabbani)

Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish is a scholar of Hanafi fiqh, usul, aqida, and hadith from Aleppo (Syria). He is a close student of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri, Shaykh Mahmoud Masri, Shaykh Nur al-Din Itr, Shaykh Adib Kallas, Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi, Shaykh Wali al-Din Farfour, and other notable scholars of Damascus and Aleppo. He is a direct descendent of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), and currently finishing his Master’s in Islamic Law, specializing in the Legal Theory (usul al-fiqh).

– أسكن مع والديَّ وفي بيتهم تماثيل يحبونها. حاولت أن أبين لهم حرمة هذا لكنهم لم يقبلوا وزجروني قائلين إن البيت بيتهم وغضبوا غضباً شديداً . لا أرضى بوجود التماثيل في البيت وأخاف أن لا يدخله ملائكة الرحمة . لكن ماذا أفعل؟ يغلب على ظني أني لو كسرتها يطردونني من البيت . الجواب : المطلوب منك أن لا ترضى بوجودها، وأن تنصح والديك برفق. وليس المطلوب منك شرعاً أن تكسرها، وإنما أن تحاول أن تقنعهم هم بضرر وجود هذه التماثيل وأمثالها في البيت . ولك في ذلك أسوة بسيدنا إبراهيم e حيث دعا والده في سورة مريم برفق ولين، فقال: ] يا أبت إني أخاف أن يمسك عذاب من الرحمن فتكون للشيطان ولياً … الآيات [ . 

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