Staying with a sick mother or going to seek knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Belgium says: I want to seek knowledge, but my mother is sick and I have two young brothers. His question is: Should I leave my sick mother and go to seek knowledge, or should I stay with her?
Answer:
You stay with her as long as she needs you. You stay with her and serve her, because her right takes precedence. Even jihad in the cause of Allah: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man back to his parents and said regarding them: “Jihad.”
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Belgium says: I want to seek knowledge, but my mother is sick and I have two young brothers. His question is: Should I leave my sick mother and go to seek knowledge, or should I stay with her?
Answer:
You stay with her as long as she needs you. You stay with her and serve her, because her right takes precedence. Even jihad in the cause of Allah: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man back to his parents and said regarding them: “Jihad.”
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (1:16:59)
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