Advice of Great Mothers

GOOD ADVICE TO SON

The beloved Apostle of Allah (S.A.W.) said that the mother of prophet Sulaiman (upon him be peace) had tendered the following good advice to her son:

“My dear son! Spend not your whole night in sleep, because, passing the major part of night sleep deprives a man of many good and virtuous deeds on the day of resurrection. (Tradition). Hadrat Sulaiman (as) firmly bore in mind this piece of advice from his mother, and never thereafter he slept for full night. He used to spend a part of night in prayers and adoration unto Allah (swt).

When he came of age Allah conferred Apostleship on Hadrat Sulaiman (as), and He bestowed on him great kingdom too. Allah (swt) made the Jinn’s subservient to him and made the violent winds to blow tamely for him. Allah also taught him the language of birds and ants. Allah (swt) this was grace manifest from Allah (swt). In whatever measure and on whomsoever He pleases, Allah (swt) showers His Bounties.

THE MOTHER OF MAULANA ILYAS

How deep is the impact of good training and noble aspirations of a mother on her children can best be seen from the illustrious life of Maulana Ilyas. You must have surely heard the name of Maulana Ilyas. He was noble and saintly person. He died just in recent.

His one absorbing thought was the propagation of ‘Deen’. All his life he strove to acquaint the people of Allah ’s ‘Deen’, and make them act according to its injunctions so as to make them true and steady Muslims. His untiring efforts for the propagation of ‘Deen’ revived the memories of the days of the Companions of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.).

Maulana Ilyas was trained and brought up on the lap of a mother who was exceedingly pious and God-fearing. His mother had profound knowledge of ‘Deen’ (religion). She was ‘Hafiz’ (one who knows by hear the whole Quran). She used to offer prayers with complete devotion of heart and soul. She used to recite the Quran with meticulous ease because she knew the Arabic language perfectly well. She performed supergatory (nafil) prayers and observed fasts in good measure and was seen constantly engaged in acts of worship and acts of praise unto Allah , with rosary in hand. She knew the life-stories and memorable events in the lives of the Companions of Holy Prophet and other pious men. She used to inspire her son with these narrations. It was her ardent desire that her son too should imbibe these noble qualities in him.

The efforts of his mother bore ample fruits, in that Maulana Ilyas developed these noble qualities in him, and in the prime of his youth he made full-blooded efforts for the propagation of ‘Deen’ (religion).

Ponder a while for yourself, how could a personality trained on the lap of so pious a mother, fail to blossom in the mould of the Companions and holy men, and not spread its fragrance all around?

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