Father’s approval for learning the Sunnah

A: Attending the learning sessions held by scholars from Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama‘ah and benefiting from them is something good, and your father has no right to prevent you from going. Use wisdom and good advice to persuade your father of the rightness of this. If he follows a Madh-hab (School of Jurisprudence) other than that of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama‘ah, advise him and explain to him, with evidence, that that the Madh-hab of Ahl-ul-Sunnah is the true Madh-hab that was followed by the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them). It is therefore obligatory to adopt and adhere to it and to leave what contradicts it.Be careful not to be negligent in your dutifulness to your father. Be kind to him and struggle with yourself to do this. You will then receive the reward - if Allah (Exalted be He) wills - for being dutiful to your father and wanting good for both him and yourself. However, you should not obey him in matters that contradict Allah’s Purified Shar‘ (Law), because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Obedience is only in Ma‘ruf (that which is judged as good, beneficial, or fitting by Islamic law and Muslims of sound intellect).” (Part No. 12; Page No. 193) May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.