Blood is Thicker Than Water Pt. 3

Other Stories and Excerpts

Ever since she started working, she gives her mother and father a part of her salary. One of her friends said to her, "This is a big amount, you are giving and it is better if you save some of it for the time when you would need it." She replied to her ignorant friend, "What I am giving is an act of charity and in keeping good ties of kinship. I do not want my parents to need something and not find the money to buy it. My dear sister, this is something that I keep for a Day when I will be in need!"

Another sister, "frequently inquires about the condition of her parents, trying to find out if they need anything or have a taste for anything. She indrectly asks about what they want and rushes to buy it for them, so that their hearts are pleased and delighted by acquiring what they wanted."

Also, another sister everyday "asks herself how she could be dutiful to her deceased parents and frequently invokes Allah for them in her prayer and gives charity on their behalf. She keeps it as her own secret, so that she earns the full rewards of her good actions and preserves her sincerity to Allah Alone."

To show you that it is not limited to only adults: "Even though she is very young, she is very dutiful to her mother, obeys her and helps her in the house, delighted in serving her mother who has tremendous rights on her…"

All of the preceding excerpts were taken from "Seeds of Righteousness: Tools for Muslim Women to Spread Islam"

A man was making pilgrimage with his mother and carried her on his back while making cicumambulation around the Ka'ba in Mecca. He saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked, "Oh Prophet, am I fulfilling the rights of my mother?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "What you have done does not equal even one contraction she endured the day she delivered you."

"The right of your mother on you is that you should know that nobody could endure the trouble and the conditions under which she protected you and nourished you with the juice of her life, and tried with her heart and soul to satisfy all your needs in relation to hunger, thirst, dress, etc. She passed sleepless nights, suffering anxieties. She provided you with shelter against heat and cold, and protected you from ailments. It is not possible for you to compensate her, or thank her enough for all the services, except that God may give you guidance for that. The right of your father on you is that you should know that it is he who brought you into existence, and you are a branch of the tree of his life." -Ali ibn Husain


"Accursed, accursed is the one who beats his parents. Accursed is the one who distresses his parents." -Jafir Sadiq

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