Mother Dearest.
Dear بأمين الأفكار
Narrated Abu Huraira (RA) A man came to Rasulullah (SAW) and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?” Rasulullah (SAW)) said, “Your mother.” The man said. “Who is next?” Rasulullah (SAW) said, “Your mother.” The man further said, “Who is next?” Rasulullah (SAW) said, “Your mother.” The man asked for the fourth time, “Who is next?” Rasulullah (SAW) said, “Your father. ” (Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 2)
Obedience and respect towards our mother is a very important duty in Islam and is similar to performing Salaah and keeping fast. To hurt our mother in any way is the second biggest sin and those who commit this evil sin will be harshly punished by Allah in the hereafter or maybe even in this world!
Our mother is not a Prophet, nor is she an angel; she’s just a human like you and I, so why has Allah ordered us to be obedient towards our mother and why does our mother have such a high status in Islam?
Allah loves and cares for us more than anybody else, and he especially loves those people who love and care for others. Similarly, he becomes very angry with those people who hurt other people in any way. Allah the All-Knowing, knows that in this world nobody is more loving and caring towards another person than the way that a mother is towards her child. Only Allah and his Messenger May Allah (SAW) love us more than our mother!
Only Allah knows what our mother does for you, He sees our mother feeling pain whilst she tries to give us whatever we want. He sees our mother’s love and kindness. Pleased by our mother’s actions, Allah has given her a very high status and many virtues and rewards.
Allah also sees that many of us are not thankful to our mothers. He sees many of us being disobedient towards them. Therefore, Allah has ordered us to be good towards our mothers; he has not advised us but ordered us; we have no choice; therefore we have to be good towards our mothers! To encourage us to do this, Allah has promised paradise for those of us who are obedient towards our mothers. At the same time, Allah has threatened to severely punish those of us who do not listen to our mothers or hurt them in any way.
But what does our Mother do for us? She only cooks and cleans! So why do we need to be thankful to our Mother?
Apart from Allah, nobody knows what our Mother really does for us.
10 Wonderful reasons to be grateful to your mother:
- Our mother carried you for 9 months bearing pain upon pain.
- During this time, she could not eat because of us! She could not sleep because of us.
- When we were a baby, she spent every minute of her life looking after us!
- She only slept when we slept! She only ate after we had eaten!
- She was patient and loved us even when we cried all night and when we cried all day.
- She taught us how to walk, how to speak, how to eat, she taught us how to live.
- When we fall ill, she looks after us.
- She always cooks and prepared food for us.
- She buys us whatever we need.
- She loves us unconditionally.
These are just a few things that our Mothers do for us; they do so much more of which we do not know about. However, one thing that our Mother does for you, that nobody else in the world does, is that she worries about you from the bottom of her Heart.
So what is it she worries about?
- She WORRIES about our food.
- She WORRIES about our clothes.
- She WORRIES about our health.
- She WORRIES about our education.
- She WORRIES about our future.
- She WORRIES about our whole life.
Allah has ordered us, in various places of the Holy Qur’an, to be good to our mothers. He has told us to look after them even more when they are old and weak. He has taught us to be gentle to our mothers and speak to them in a nice manner. He has also told us to supplicate to Him for our Mothers with this prayer,
“RABBIR-HAMHUMA KAMA RABBAYANI SAGHEERAH”
Translation: “My lord, have mercy upon my parents, the way they had mercy upon me when I was young)”
Rasulullah (SAW) has also ordered us to be good to our mothers. He has told us about the great rewards for that person who is good to his mother. He has described the mother as being a ‘door of paradise.’ He has also warned us of severe punishments for that person who is disobedient to his mother.
10 Easy Ways To Enter Paradise
- LISTEN TO OUR MOTHER
- HELP OUR MOTHER
- SMILE AT OUR MOTHER
- BE THANKFUL TO OUR MOTHER FOR WHATEVER SHE DOES FOR YOU
- SPEND TIME WITH OUR MOTHER
- ALWAYS ASK OUR MOTHER IF YOU CAN HELP HER WITH ANYTHING
- BUY OUR MOTHER GIFTS
- BE GOOD TO OUR MOTHER’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
- STUDY HARD AND LEAD A GOOD LIFE SO THAT OUR MOTHER IS HAPPY
- ALWAYS PRAY FOR OUR MOTHER, ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERY SALAAH.
However hard we try, we can never repay our mothers for what they have done for us, but we can at least try, and also ask Allah to repay them for us. Our mothers are indeed a great blessing from Allah. We should appreciate and value this blessing as much as we can. Whilst our mothers are alive, we have a golden opportunity to guarantee ourselves paradise and also success in this world.
Reminder: We will only truly realise the value of our mothers when they are no longer with us – when they have passed away, but then it will be too late!
Mother
You smiled and your eyes were filled with tears
when you held me in your hand for the fist-time without fear
you breathed a warm sigh of relief
while gazing right into my immature eyes and thanking Allah with your inner belief
you held me tightly against your heart
when i was afraid of the obscurity of the hollow nights
throughout the darkness singing me lullabies
while i snuggled in your comfortable and merciful arms
when my sleep was troubled by some illness
you cured me with your affection
every day you showered compassion
and still your love for me inflames with passion
treasuring me more than a million diamonds
you wouldn’t replace me even for a earths kingdom
the warmth of your heart reaches me faster than the sun rays
you still look into my eyes with tenderness on lonely nights and on delicate days
the god gifted mercy which you possesses outshines the glorious stars
wallahi, you are truly exceptional, absolutely magnificent, flawlessly beautiful
indeed you are oh my dear mum.
Muslimah… Signing of With She Is Thankful For Her Mom. Mom I Love You. :-*
Walaikum as salaam
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