Mothers – Deserving of Utmost Respect and Gratitude
Once, a man came to Nabi Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and complained: “O Nabi, my mother is very hot-tempered.” Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “Was she hot-tempered when she kept you in your womb for nine months?”
The man said: “But truly my mother is very hot-tempered. “
Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam): “Did you complain of her hot temper when she suckled you for the duration of two years?”
The man: “But O Nabi of Allah! I am speaking the truth.”
Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam): “Did you complain of her hot temper when she stayed awake the whole night for your sake and gave you her milk to drink?”
The man: “I have repaid her for all her troubles.”
Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam): “What did you do to repay her?”
The man: “She performed Hajj on my shoulders.”
Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam): “Can you repay her for the excessive pain she patiently bore at your birth?”
The man could not answer, for he knew that it was impossible to repay her for the pain she bore in bringing him in this world.
We can note from this that mothers deserve utmost respect and gratitude.
(Awake Archives Article Edited)