The Superiority of Obedience to the Mother over Seeking Knowledge
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Question:
This is a questioner who says: My sister, or rather, my sister always tells my mother that she wants to go and perform the night prayer and read the Noble Qur'an at home, but my mother refuses and justifies this by saying that if my sister helps her, meaning helps the mother with the household affairs, she will have a great reward. Is the mother's statement correct in this?
Answer:
Yes, the mother's statement in this is correct. Obedience to the mother and helping her, or serving her, working on her behalf, and relieving her are better for her than going to seek knowledge, or to study with her sisters, or to read the Qur'an. Because obedience to the parents is obligatory and dutifulness to them is obligatory, so it is better than the other deeds that are lower in rank. Yes.
This is a questioner who says: My sister, or rather, my sister always tells my mother that she wants to go and perform the night prayer and read the Noble Qur'an at home, but my mother refuses and justifies this by saying that if my sister helps her, meaning helps the mother with the household affairs, she will have a great reward. Is the mother's statement correct in this?
Answer:
Yes, the mother's statement in this is correct. Obedience to the mother and helping her, or serving her, working on her behalf, and relieving her are better for her than going to seek knowledge, or to study with her sisters, or to read the Qur'an. Because obedience to the parents is obligatory and dutifulness to them is obligatory, so it is better than the other deeds that are lower in rank. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 22 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|المرأة بين تلبية حاجات أولادها وذهابها إلى المسجد|صالح الفوزان|فقه — youtube.com (8:29)
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