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:
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,
