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Is a wife's assumption correct that her engagement with religious lessons via Telegram is better than attending to household chores and preparing breakfast during Ramadan, and that this (attending to chores) hinders her pursuit of knowledge and worship?

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What the wife thinks is not correct, for the importance of seeking knowledge and teaching it is great, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever takes a path seeking knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise," and "The best of you is he who learns the Qur’an and teaches it."

However, a woman's tending to her home, husband, and children carries a greater reward, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to a woman who asked him about the reward of women: "Convey my greetings to the women, and tell them: indeed, obedience to the husband is equal to what is there (i.e., jihad in Allah's cause), and few of you do it."

It is incumbent upon both spouses to cooperate and show mercy to each other to enable the woman to combine the benefit of knowledge with attending to the affairs of her home. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, "used to be in the service of his family," and he is the role model for husbands in this regard.

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