What is the ruling on one who prevents his mother from going to adult literacy classes so that the argument will not be established against her?

Question : Hello, yes, peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. She is on the phone, yes. The sister questioner says that she is studying in adult literacy classes, but some of her sons have prevented her, excusing it by saying that if she studies in such schools, the argument will be established against her. O Shaykh, what is your guidance (may Allah preserve you)?

Answer : Our guidance is to tell her: study and learn knowledge, for that is better. The fact that one of her sons says, "Do not study, or the argument will be established against you," indicates his extreme ignorance and the simplicity of his view. If that were the case, he should tell people, "Do not read the Qur'an, or the argument will be established against you." If that were the case, he would tell people, "Leave the lectures, leave the gatherings of knowledge, lest the argument be established against you." In reality, when a person learns, he has taken a lamp to walk with before him, which indicates the path. Praise be to Allah, we find that those who study knowledge among men and those who study knowledge among women are closer to obedience than the heedless. My advice to this son is to repent to Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, from this false advice, and to know that all good is in knowledge and acting upon it, and to repent to Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, for what he has done. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and he commands knowledge and encourages it. Does this man discourage it? I ask Allah for his sincere repentance, that He guide him to the straight path, and that He teach him what benefits him, his mother, and his brothers. May Allah preserve you.