Is an innocent child rewarded for enduring a parent's unjust accusation?
2026-10-14
T211 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete source question and answer
Complete original question and answer, 31/303.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
وسئل عن رجل سرق له مبلغ، فظن في أحد أولاده أنه هو أخذه، ثم صار يدعو عليه، وهجره، وهو بريء، ولم يكن أخذ شيئا: فهل يؤجر الولد بدعاء والده عليه؟
الجواب
نعم إذا كان الولد مظلوما، فإن الله يكفر عنه بما يظلمه، ويؤجره على صبره، ويأثم من يدعو على غيره عدوانا.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
He was asked about a man from whom a sum of money was stolen. He suspected one of his children, then began praying against him and shunning him, although the child was innocent and had taken nothing. Is the child rewarded on account of his father's prayers against him?
Answer
Yes. If the child is wronged, Allah expiates his sins through the wrong he suffers and rewards him for his patience. The person who prays against another unjustly incurs sin.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 31/303
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic checked against the cited source and adjacent question boundaries. Diacritics and display marks omitted; honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.