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40 – ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd narrated to us; he said: Sallām b. Miskīn informed us; he said: I asked al-Ḥasan, saying, “O Abū Saʿīd, should a man enjoin what is right upon his parents and forbid them from what is wrong?” He answered, “He should do so if they accept it; but if they find it objectionable, he should refrain from speaking to them about it.”
٤٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْحَسَنَ قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، " الرَّجُلُ يَأْمُرُ وَالِدَيْهِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمَا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ،؟ قَالَ: يَأْمُرُهُمَا إِنْ قَبِلَا، وَإِنْ كَرِهَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُمَا "