Salamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakato everyone.
Welcome back to Allah Loves.
So last time we talked about this concept of loving someone else for Allah's sake.
And a lot of times unfortunately we immediately expand that and extend it to others outside
of our households but we forget the people inside of our households.
And there is no person that you should think of more when you hear those ahadiths than
your mother.
Because the Prophet (pbuh), when a man asked him to whom should I give my honor and kindness
to, the Prophet (pbuh) said 'Your Mother' and then he said 'who' and he said 'your mother'
then he said 'who' and he said 'your mother' then he said 'who' and he said 'your father'.
So we know that Allah has preferred the mother in a very special way that the Prophet (pbuh)
sent a companion back to his mother and said 'paradise lies at your mother's feet' that
Allah has put the obedience to the parents in the Quran with the obedience to Him.
That you worship him and obey him and that you show a similar level of kindness and love
to your parents without of course worshiping them or preferring them of the creator.
But he included them, 'waqada rebooko al la ta'bood ila iya wa bil walidayni ihsana' He
included them by saying 'Your Lord has judged that you worship no other but him but that
you show excellence to your parents'.
So where is this concept that Allah loves your mother?
And I have to give this qualifier that that does not mean tolerating injustice or oppression
or harm.
These are things that are outside the scope of the default and need to be dealt with as
exceptional cases.
But in general the status of the mother and this concept of earning the love of Allah
by showing love to your mother.
There are two narrations that I want to share with you.
One of them from the Prophet (pbuh) the other one from Abdullah Ibn Abbas, may Allah be
pleased with him, the cousin of the Prophet (pbuh).
The Prophet (pbuh) had a man who approached him and said to the Prophet (pbuh) that I
committed a major sin, 'hali tawba' is there any way for me to repent to Allah (swt).
The Prophet (pbuh) said do you have a mother, is your mother alive.
And the man said no.
Look at the follow up question of the Prophet (pbuh, he said, well does your mother have
a sister, do you have an aunt that is alive?
A maternal aunt that is alive?
The man said yes.
The Prophet (pbuh) said then go be good to her, show her some ihsan, show her some excellence
and some love and hope for Allah's mercy in the process.
So it wasn't even after the mother the Prophet (pbuh) jumped far out, the Prophet (pbuh)
said well is there an aunt?
Of course in those societies and in many societies today the khala, the aunt, particularly the
maternal aunt plays a motherly role in a person's life.
And the Prophet (pbuh) mentioned "al khala, the maternal aunt, bimanzelatel om' that she
is in the station of the mother.
So she's the number two when it comes to that honor and that love.
But again, that idea that if, you know, you committed a major sin between you and Allah,
well go ahead and go to your mother and show her goodness and see if it's a way of opening
that door of pleasure with Allah (swt).
The narration from Ibn Abbas, radiallahu anhu, is a very profound one.
A man came to Ibn Abbas and he was guilty of murder and so he confessed to Abdullah
Ibn Abbas that he killed someone, that he became jealous and he killed someone and Ibn
Abbas responded to him 'ah omoku hay' is your mother alive?
Separate by the way from any legal proceedings and anything that would take place in the
capacity of retribution, he's worried about his akhira, he's worried about his hereafter.
Is there any chance of me to have forgiveness from Allah (swt).
And this is what he came to Ibn Abbas asking him.
Ibn Abbas said to him, is your mother alive and the man said no.
Ibn Abbas said to him well just go and seek Allah's forgiveness sincerely and hope in
his mercy.
So he gave him a generic answer after asking him specifically is your mother alive.
So the students of Ibn Abbas, the scholar of this ummah, they asked him, they said,
you know it's interesting, why did you ask him about his mother?
His mother wasn't even in the equation.
He killed somebody, he's worried if he's going to be forgiven by Allah (swt), if he still
has a chance at Allah's mercy and thats what you asked him?
Ibn Abbas said, he said, wallahi I don't know.
I swear by Allah that I don't know of an action more beloved to Allah than serving your mother.
I cannot think of an action that Allah loves more than showing kindness and obedience to
one's mother.
Subhanallah.
These are things that are so easy to us and are so accessible to us and if you're mother
is still alive, then make sure that you make use of that.
And Zain el Abedeen, may Allah be pleased with him, he said that if one gate has closed
then go to the other gate.
Then please your father and show that love to your father and that obedience to your
father as well.
And the Prophet (pbuh) of course mentioned that the pleasure of the father is the pleasure
of Allah (swt) and so our parents are truly a gate to paradise.
Serving them, showing kindness to them, showing love to them, especially as they become older
in age.
Showing patience with them as a result.
These are things we seek from Allah (swt).
There is no person and no two people that you can love for Allah ore than your parents.
We ask Allah (swt) to be pleased with us, to allow our parents to be pleased with us
and to join us all, our parents, our spouses, our children, brothers, sisters, aunts and
uncles, everyone else, we ask Allah to join us in the highest level of Jannat al firdous.
Allahoma ameen, jazakoum Allah khayran wa salamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakato.