Mother's Day is Just Around the Corner!

[Kulmiye]

Mother's day open letter....

 

hooyoyoy la'aantaa. every child is born and raised by a wonderful woman and for me that was my mom the queen of my heart.

hoyo i want to thank you for all you have done for me;

the patience and perseviarence of the long 9 months you carried me in you womb

the bravery you showed during your labour time and the love you showered on my birth

the morals you installed in me that will remain for ever

the lessons you thought me about humanity and how to live peacefully

the love you gave me and my brothers and sister, i know being a single mother was hard on you to raise all of us

mom if there was enough words and actions to show you how much you mean to me then my actions and words will never pay back all that you have done for me

hooyo you raised us single handed and i appreciate al you have done for me

hooyo my word is better place coz of you and if you pass to the next world it will be too hard for me to live in this world

i love you hooyo more than my life and all the lives that i love

and i know i will never be able to repay you, but the plan is to show you that i understand hooyo macaan>>>>>>>>>

 

 

All the mens out here need to show some love...

[- Femme -]

I wanna give a shouts out to my Mom. You did real good.

[Nephissa]

To begin to describe my mom would be near impossible, she's mentaly tough, and strong. She has an aura around her that everyone she meets will notice. Can't explain how much my mom means to me..not in words, or actions. And I cherish each day as it's mothers day.

 

On Mothers day, and on all days I want you to know that I love you mom. Mac Mac Hooyo Macaan.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Bishaaro, abtina mac sii hee, xaa ugu reebanee macda?

[hodman]

^^ Abti garskiisaa lagu xajiimoonaa

Mothers should be appreciated everyday.

[rudy-Diiriye]

bishitta! save some mac mac for the rainy days with faraax ok!!

 

but on the other hand, holla mom! u is it!!

[Dunya vs Akhira]

(Q) In western countries many Muslims celebrate the Mother's day. What is the rule of Shariah concerning this celebration?

 

Fatwa

 

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

 

What is known among many people as Mother's Day and which is claimed to be the 21st of March is nothing but an innovation and a non-Islamic ritual which has entered the Muslim's homes because of their inadvertence and ignorance of the Islamic values and rites. In fact this so called "Mother's Day" is an imitation of the non-believers, namely the western people and their followers.

It is proven that the Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "If somebody tries to introduce into this faith of ours (Islam) something which is not a part of it, is to be rejected and that person is condemned".[Reported by Imams Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

No innovation has come except it has caused a Sunnah to be neglected or even rejected. This is clear and evident. You can for instance see a man who disobeys his mother and causes her much harm and who does not visit her except on rare occasion, and when this "Day" comes he brings her a gift or a flower and thinks that by this act he has fulfilled his duties towards her.

The People who innovated this practice did so first as a compensation to their society's nonfeasance as far as the rights of mothers are concerned and, second, due to the break in kinship ties and lack of the sincere affection that should exist between parents and their children. For the above reasons, these people innovated this Day to return to mothers "Some of their rights" and to make families celebrate it and "honor" mothers.

By doing so, they are like the one who kept silent for a long time and the first word he uttered was nonsense. What is the importance of "honoring" a person one day in a whole year and leaving that person the rest of the year in a "home for the elderly" or alone with her dog or cat? Are these animals more faithful to this woman than her own children whom she has breast-fed and raised as best she could? We say in this respect that the mother herself played a part in initiating this disobedience as she herself disobeyed her mother as a young girl. She used to practise the same with her mother and now she receives the same fate as a mother. The Prophet said: "No people have innovated something that is not from the religion but a Sunnah of the same extent is eliminated. So sticking to a Sunnah is better than creating an innovation". [Reported by Imam Ahmad].

The scholars are agreed that it is forbidden to appoint a feast day for Muslims other than the two feasts: Al Fitr and Al ADHA because feasts are part of what Allah has ordained on us.

{Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {For every nation We have ordained religious ceremonies which they must follow;}[22: 67].

Moreover, celebrating this Day does not give the mother the smallest fraction of what Allah has prescribed for her. Allah has ordained on us to obey our mothers and do all the good to them as long as they are alive and after they die. No other religion has given the mother the rights Islam prescribed to her.

Allah commanded us in many verses of the Holy Qur'an to obey parents and do good to them. He even linked their obedience to His worship. He linked thanking Him to thanking them. Allah mentioned the mother alone in some places to show us that her rights are greater than those of the father.

Allah says {Worship Allâh and join none with Him in worship, and do good to parents } (4:36)

Allah says:{ And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. }.(17:23).

 

Ibn Abbas said: "The obedience of the parents increases by being kind and gentle to them. One should reply gently to everything that they tell him. One should not look at them in their eyes. One should not shout at them. Rather, when with one's parents one should be like the slave before his master".

Ibn al-Mussaib said: 'When interpreting the verse: "And out of kindness lower to them the wing of humility and say: "My Lord! bestow on them Your Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood." he said:"like what a sinful slave says to a harsh master".

On the other hand, the obedience to parents is an obligation on the children even if the parents are non-Muslims or Muslims are known to be dissolute.

Allah says{"But if they strive to make you join in worship with Me things of which you have no knowledge obey them not; Yet bear them company in this life with justice (and consideration)}.(31:15).

Allah ordered that they be given good company even if they are atheists.

Imams Bukhari and Muslim narrated from Asma that she said: "My mother came to me, hoping (for my favor) during the life time of the Prophet. I asked the Prophet, "May I treat her kindly?" He replied, "Yes".

`Abdullah bin Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I asked the Prophet (PBUH) , "Which of the deeds is loved most by Allah?'' Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Salat at its proper time.'' I asked, ``What next?'' He (PBUH) replied, ``Kindness to parents.'' I asked, ``What next?'' He replied, ``Jihad in the way of Allah.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A person came to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and asked, "Who among people is most deserving of my fine treatment?'' He (PBUH) said, "Your mother". He again asked, ``Who next?'' "Your mother", the Prophet (PBUH) replied again. He asked, "Who next?'' He (the Prophet (PBUH)) said again, "Your mother.'' He again asked, "Then who?'' Thereupon he (PBUH) said,'' Then your father.''

Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Allah has forbidden you: disobedience to your mothers, to withhold (what you should give), or demand (what you do not deserve), and to bury your daughters alive. And Allah dislikes idle talk, to ask too many questions (for things which will be of no benefit to one), and to waste your wealth".[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

So their right is greater than that of the father. It is three times the right of the father.

Al-Bukhari narrated in his book Al-Adab Al-Mufrad that Ibn Abbas said: "I do not know any good act that brings the person closer to Allah The Almighty than the obedience of one's mother".

The obedience of parents is not restricted to their lifetime, it is also done after their death.

Abu Dawood reported that a man once came to the Prophet and said: "Is there any form of obedience that I could do to my parents after their death?" The Prophet said: "Yes. Ask blessings for them. Ask Allah to forgive them. Carry out their testimony. Treat kindly anybody with whom they have blood relationships and treat their friends kindly".

This indeed is the recognition that parents deserve and, above all the mother. So, anybody who obeys Allah as ordered by the Sharia should not celebrate this day because it is an innovation and because Islam gave the mother complete and comprehensive rights all the time. So, anyone who does not give due respect to his mother all the time, can not make it up to her just by celebrating this day. In fact, by doing so, he will be both disobedient to Allah and an innovator.

Likewise the practice in the West of setting aside certain days for expressing good deeds, such as Thanksgiving Day (proclaiming gratitude to God) or Christmas (doing charitable acts), should not be observed by Muslims for the reasons already given. Thanking and praising Allah, and doing acts of charity are forms of worship that should be a way of life for the Muslim.

Allah knows best.

[Endeavour]

Dunya vs Akhira---Shukran a great read. Bro or sis?

 

After the duty to our Lord the first duty an individual has is one to his parents. Its mentioned in our quraan we as believers should be courteous to our parents and especially when they enter upon old age. And most of all the Quraan urges us to pray for our parents.

 

May Allah have mercy upon my parents.

May allah bless my mother in this life and the hereafter. There are no words to describe what she means to me and let alone what she has done for me.