Momz

AA WR WB

I'm sad to write that the mother of a good friend recently passed away. Inna lillahi wa inna illahi rajioon / We are Allah's and to Him we shall return.

May Allah grant her forgiveness, ease, and mercy. May Allah grant her family patience, ease, closeness to Him; may they all be joined at the highest level of Jannah; may Allah grant them forgiveness, ease, and mercy, too.

The value of our mothers is immeasurable. I can only hope that we stop and take a moment to sit back and reflect upon this. I know that I have tried doing this; though my efforts are best "pathetic" when it comes to that. I have so much more to do inshaAllah and not enough I have done...

But especially with what happened recently with my dear friend and also since I've been married, I will look at my mom and think to myself, Man, I wish I could do something so tremendous in my life as to make things so much easier for her and give her so much happiness. Or I'll look at her and think, SubhanAllah! How did I get so lucky? I'm also beginning to realize, however, that much like a student never being able to measure up to his shaykh, the same holds true for the relationship of the mother and son. I mention the relationship between a shaykh (teacher) and a student because I know in my own efforts to do something that I hope is good and somehow beneficial for my teacher, I always without fail come short because my teacher is able to either teach me a lesson or do something - no matter how slight - that makes me realize what my position is and what his is - Alhamdullilah. May Allah protect us all. Aameen.

So, much the same is true with one's mom and in many, many, many ways it's in a whole different stratosphere. InshaAllah, I can spend the rest of my life trying to give comfort and ease to my mother and I know that it will be nothing. And I mean it. It will amount to nothing for what I should do for her or even what I can do for her. Such is the position of one's mother. I mean, for us Muslim folk, did not Allah command us to be respectful to your parents even if they're not Muslim? Doesn't that tell us something? Just one dua from her is worth more than every positive action I have attempted. And even if I am able to do something good for her, isn't it almost self-serving? The smile you see from your mom when you make her happy or proud makes you feel indestructably joyous. There is nothing that can break your spirits at that point. And let's not even get into the entire 9-months-in-the-womb thing.

It's on that note that I wanted to share with everyone a very powerful video clip that a friend of mine - Yaseen - had as his status on Gmail earlier today. Please, watch this. It will move you and perhaps compel you to write an entry as I have today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NwYrlqkcY

...Getting back to my friend: At the end of the Quran khani (where we read the Quran in hopes that the blessings from it are sent to the person who has left this world) from the other day, I heard my friend mention that he was planning to get married and that to a girl from back home. He said that it was what his mother wanted. For that reason alone, I trust that my friend's marriage will inshaAllah be one that is filled with baraqa and success, always.

May Allah grant us success, all good, and His forgiveness in this life, in our graves, and in the Hereafter. May Allah bless my friend and his family with the best in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah make us all worthy to be in the service of our mothers and allows them to be pleased with us always. Allah huma sali Allah Muhammad. Aameen.


Fi Aman Allah