Question:What is the ruling on disciplinary beating in the following cases: 1. by the parents for their son for prayer? 2. by the parents for a boy who disobeys their orders? 3. by a man beating his wife in case of disobeying his orders or refraining from giving him his legal right in bed without excuse and repeatedly? 4. by the teacher to the student in case of tearing the Holy Quran or violation of its sanctity such as cursing it or insulting the Prophet and Ahlulbait (PBUH&HF) or mockery of religion and sanctities? 5. by the teacher to the student in the case that the student hits one of his classmates then the teacher (beating the aggressor student to penalize him) beating him for example, with a ruler on his hands or in a similar way with which the aggressor student uses to hit the other student? 6. by the teacher for the student in the case of giving the student's guardian a permit to the teacher to beat his son in case of violation of good behavior? 7. by the teacher to the student in order to deter him from the bad and unfair behavior, noting that beatings in all cases do not break a bone, scratch the flesh or have a scar?

Answer:A 1. In the name of Allah, they have to do so if the advice does not benefit. Doing so, they will actually get closer to Allah and are rewarded. Allah knows best. A 2. In the name of Allah, the same answer above if the orders were in favor of the child and of raising him. Allah knows best. A 3. In the name of Allah, Allah has permitted that to the man, but it must be after exhaustion of all peaceful methods of guidance. Allah knows best. A 4. In the name of Allah, the teacher in the religious education is like the father and the devoted teacher is sometimes better than the father. However, the teacher must not beat the student unless he knows that it is necessary, and the beating should be limited to the least extent. The teacher should know that the pupil is a charge in the teacher’s hand. So, let the teacher be dear to his student just like his son. Allah knows best. A 5. In the name of Allah, it is answered in four. Allah knows best. A 6. In the name of Allah, it is answered in four. Allah knows best. A 7. In the name of Allah, it is answered in four. Allah knows best.

Question:Is there a source that permits of breaking blood relations?

Answer:In the name of Allah, there are sources such as the religious ones of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) and his followers and the polytheists. Quran has forbidden submitting to the blood relatives who are polytheists or disobedient because the holy verse prevents it, and therefore the righteous have angered the relatives and the foreigners in worshipping Allah. Yes, the need is an exception to this source. Allah is the All Guide and Knowing.

Question:When we sit in the public transport bus and people older than us, for example, at the age of 30, 40 or 50, come and do not find a place to sit and stay standing, what is our moral duty toward them?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the strong one can allow the weak one to sit in his place, it is a good deed and will be rewarded. But if he does not, he is deprived of reward. However, he did not do a forbidden deed as in the question. Allah knows best.