Chapter 2: The Sacrifice of the Mother
Ayats from the Quran Regarding the Status of the Mother:
Surah Luqman (31) Ayats 14-15:
Translation of Ayats 14-15:
- And We have commanded people to honour their parents. Their mothers bore them through hardship upon hardship, and their weaning takes two years. So be grateful to Me and your parents. To Me is the final return.
- But if they pressure you to associate with Me what you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. Still keep their company in this world courteously, and follow the way of those who turn to Me in devotion. Then to Me you will all return, and then I will inform you of what you used to do. (Quran, 31:14-15)
Surah Al-Ahqaf (46) Ayat 15:
Translation of Ayats 14-15:
- And We have commanded people to honour their parents. Their mothers bore them through hardship upon hardship, and their weaning takes two years. So be grateful to Me and your parents. To Me is the final return.
- But if they pressure you to associate with Me what you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. Still keep their company in this world courteously, and follow the way of those who turn to Me in devotion. Then to Me you will all return, and then I will inform you of what you used to do. (Quran, 31:14-15)
Hadith on Mothers:
Abu Hurayrah reported: A man came to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, who has the most right from amongst the people with my good companionship. He (the Prophet) said: Your mother.
The man asked again: Then who? The Prophet said: Your mother. The man asked again: then who? The Prophet said: Your mother. The man asked again: then who? The Prophet said: Your father. (Bukhari, Muslim)
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: Verily, Allah the Most Mighty and Most Majestic has forbidden for you disobedience to the mothers, burying daughters alive, wanting to stop the obligatory rights, and He dislikes for you three things: Idle talk, excessive questioning and wasting of wealth. (Muslim)