THE SUPERIORITY OF THE MOTHER IN ISLAM   
   #1- From Abu Hurairah -radiallaahu anhu- who said: A man came to the Messenger   
   of Allah -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- and said: 'O Messenger of Allah who   
   from the people is the most deserving of my good companionship?   
      
   The Messenger -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- replied:   
      
   'Your mother.'   
      
   The man said: 'then who?'   
      
   The Messenger -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- replied:   
      
   'Your mother.'   
      
   The man said: 'then who?'   
      
   The Messenger -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- replied:   
      
   'Your mother.'   
      
   The man said: 'then who?'   
      
   The Messenger -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:   
      
   'Your father.'   
      
   [In another narration: '. . . . . the next closest relative then those closest   
   after them.']   
      
   [Collected in 'Adab al-Mufrad' no.3, Tirmidhi and 'Irwaa al-Ghaleel' 829/2232,   
   declared Hasan by Albaani.]   
      
   In another narration: 'A man came to the Prophet of Allah -sallallaahu alayhi   
   wa sallam- and said: 'What do you order me with?' The Messenger -sallallaahu   
   alayhi wa sallam- said:   
      
   'Be good to your mother.'   
      
   [Collected by 'Adab al-Mufrad' no. 6]   
      
   [Collected by Bukhari in 'Kitaab al-Adab' in the second chapter: 'Who from the   
   people is the most deserving of my good companionship?' and also collected by   
   Muslim in 'Kitaab al-Birr wa Silat wal Adab']   
      
   Imam Nawawi said in his explanation of this hadeeth:   
      
   'The Scholars have said: the reason for the superiority of the mother is due   
   to her becoming tired on your account, her compassion, her serving you,   
   suffering hardship while being pregnant with you, then giving birth to you,   
   then suckling you, then    
   bringing you up, serving you, nursing you and other things.'   
      
   [Taken from the 'Sharh Saheeh Muslim' 16/80]   
      
   Ibn Hajr quotes Ibn Battaal in the explanation of this hadeeth:   
      
   Ibn Battaal said: 'Malik was asked: my father requests me to do something but   
   my mother prevents me from it.'   
      
   Imam Malik answered:   
      
   'Obey your father and do not disobey your mother.'   
      
   ['Fath ul Bari'10/402]   
      
   #2- 'Asma bint Abu Bakr said: 'My mother came to me and she is a Mushrikah   
   (Non-Muslim) at the time of the Messenger of Allah -sallallaahu alayhi wa   
   sallam-, so I asked the Messenger of Allah -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam-   
   about this and I said to him: '   
   My mother has come to me, and she is asking for me to be good to her, should I   
   keep good relations with my mother?   
      
   The Messenger of Allah -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: 'Keep good   
   relations with her.'   
      
   [Collected by Bukhari, Muslim and in the wording mentioned by Abu Dawud: 'Asma   
   -radiallaahu anha- said: '... and she hates Islam.' 'Saheeh Targhib wa Tarhib'   
   p.657 no. 2500]   
      
   Ibn Uayainah said: Allah -Azza wa Jall- revealed:   
      
   << Allah does not forbid you from dealing justly and kindly with those who did   
   not fight against you on account of religion >>   
      
   [al-Mumtahina: 8] regarding her.   
      
   [Collected by Bukhari in 'Adab al-Mufrad' no. 25, declared Saheeh by Albaani   
   in 'Saheeh Abu Dawud' (1468)]   
      
   #3- It is narrated from Talha bin Muaaweeyah as-Sulamee -radiallaahu anhu- who   
   said: I came to the Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- and said: 'O   
   Messenger of Allah! Indeed I want to participate in Jihad in the path of   
   Allah.'   
      
   The Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: 'Is your mother alive?'   
      
   I said: 'Yes.'   
      
   The Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:   
      
   'Stay at her feet, for there is Paradise.'   
      
   [Collected by Tabraani and Albaani declared it Saeeih li Ghayreehi in 'Saheeh   
   Targhib wa Tarhib' 2/2484 p.649]   
      
   In a similar narration from Muaaweeyah bin Jaahimah where the Prophet   
   -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:   
      
   'Stick to your mother, since indeed Paradise is at her feet.'   
      
   [Collected by Ibn Majah, Nisa'i and Albaani declared it Hasan Saheeh in   
   'Saheeh Targhib wa Tarhib' 2/2485]   
      
   In a similar hadeeth the Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- asked: 'Do you   
   have parents?'   
      
   I said: 'Yes.'   
      
   The Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:   
      
   'Stick to them, since indeed Paradise is under their feet.'   
      
   [Collected by Tabrani and Albaani declared it Hasan Saheeh in 'Saheeh Targhib   
   wa Tarhib' no. 2485]   
      
   #4 - From Ibn Umar -radiallaahu anhu- who said: 'A man came to the Prophet   
   -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- and said: 'Indeed I have committed a major sin,   
   is there any repentance for me?'   
      
   The Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: 'Do you have a mother?'   
      
   He answered: 'No.'   
      
   The Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: 'Do you have an aunt   
   (mother's sister)?'   
      
   He answered: 'Yes.'   
      
   The Prophet -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:   
      
   'Then be good to her.'   
      
   [Collected by Tirmidhi, and declared Saheeh by Albaani and in the wording   
   collected by Ibn Hibban and Hakim: 'Do you have parents?' 'Saheeh Targhib wa   
   Tarhib' p.658 no. 2504]   
      
   #5- From al-Mughirah bin Shaybah -radiallaahu anhu- from the Prophet   
   -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- who said:   
      
   'Indeed Allah has prohibited you from being disobedient to your mothers, and   
   burying your daughters alive, to withhold from what Allah has allowed,   
   claiming something which you do not have the right to claim. And Allah   
   dislikes gossiping and excessive    
   questioning, and wasting wealth.'   
      
   [Collected by Bukhari]   
      
   #6- From al-Miqdam bin Ma'adi Karb al-Kindi on the authority of the Prophet   
   -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- who said:   
      
   'Indeed Allah orders you to fulfill the rights of your mothers, then to   
   fulfill the rights of close relatives then those who are after them.'   
      
   [Collected in 'Silsilah Sahihah' No.1666]   
      
   From the Athaar of the Salaf   
      
   #7- From Sa'id bin Abu Burdah from his father who said: Ibn Umar -radiallaahu   
   anhu- said: he was making Tawaaf and he saw a man making Tawaaf while carrying   
   his mother saying:   
      
   Indeed I am like her submissive camel   
      
   Even if her ride becomes startled I will not become startled and run away   
      
   I carry her since she carried me more, do you think that I have paid her back   
   O Ibn Umar?   
      
   He said: No, not even one breath while giving birth.   
      
   [Taken from 'Akhbar as-Salaf' p.268, 'Mukarim al-Akhlaaq' p.225, and 'Adab   
   al-Mufrad' No.11and authenticated by Albaani]   
      
   #8- From Abu Hazim: that Abu Huraira -radiallaahu anhu- did not perform Hajj   
   until his mother died.   
      
   [Collected in 'Mukarim al-Akhlaaq' p.80, taken from 'Akhbar as-Salaf' p.268]   
      
      
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