Faculty member of Research Center for Hawzah and University, Lecturer in the Islamic Seminary of Qom
Abstract
Different methods can be used for religious education in a family environment. In order for a person to find out which method is useful and effective, he should conduct a research into it through experimental studies. When it comes to the permissibility of the method, it is a jurisprudential issue that is answered and dealt with in Islamic sources. This article aims to study two perspectives from a jurisprudential point of view on the permissibility of resorting to "coercion" to make family members adhere to moral standards and religious rules. The theoretical foundation of this article is the domain of amr bil ma'ruf wan-nahy anil munkar (enjoining good and forbidding from evil) and it studies the subject matter only on this basis. This article criticizes the theoretical foundations of the theory that considers coercion in a family environment as legitimate. The article stresses that the important responsibility of "faith protection" and "adherence to moral standards" in a family ought not to be discharged through violent means. Such means and methods are not only ineffective and useless but their legitimacy cannot also be derived from the Islamic jurisprudence
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