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Is the mother justified in urging her son to perform more acts of worship and delve deeper into religious matters, even though this burdens the son and makes him feel suffocated?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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A righteous mother who encourages her son towards uprightness and acts of worship is a blessing, and the son must strive to obey his mother in what she commands of good. Obedience to the mother is not obligatory in matters that are not religiously incumbent, such as performing many supererogatory acts. What she commands of permissible acts becomes recommended, and the recommendation of such acts is further emphasized. As for matters that are religiously obligatory, they must be performed even if the mother does not command them.

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