Serving one’s parents is a very noble deed. It is mentioned in a noble hadith that two people are very unfortunate: one who passes through Ramadan yet his sins are not forgiven, and the other who has parents and they pass away, yet their sins are not forgiven.[1] When a child is under the care of his parents, all his worries and grief are carried by them. When a person becomes involved in worldly affairs, they come to know the value of parents. God Almighty has given precedence to the mother in the Holy Qur’an as the mother suffers tremendously for the sake of a child. No matter what infectious disease the child may have – be it smallpox, cholera, or the plague– the mother cannot abandon the child.
Once our daughter had cholera. At home, my wife would take all her vomit and such on her hands. The mother is the child’s partner in all sufferings. This is a natural love that no other love can compete with. It is to this that God Almighty has indicated in the Holy Qur’an:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ[2]
ENDNOTES
[1] Imam al-Bukhari, Al-Adab al-Mufrad, p. 222, Hadith 644.
[2] ‘Verily, Allah requires you to abide by justice, and to treat with grace, and give like the giving of kin to kin.’ – The Holy Qur’an, 16:91.
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), Malfuzat Vol. VII (Tilford, Surrey: Islam International Publications Ltd., 2024) 225-226.
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