Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 387
! ! 387 Once a woman brought her unwell child to the Promised Messiah as and said , “ M y child has become Christian. P lease treat him. ” The one thing which s he repeatedly stressed was that the Promised Messiah as should persuade him to say the Kalima [ Shahada ] one more time. T hen if he died afterwards, she would no longer be in turmoil. Since the child was ill, the Promised Messiah as sent him to Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih I ra , so that he could treat him as well as preach to him. However, the boy was firm in his beliefs and o ne night, he ran away to avoid reciting the Kalima. Upon discovering th is, his mother chased after him and caught up with him near Batala [a town nineteen k ilo m eters from Qadian] and made him return with her. In the end, God heard her prayers and the boy reverted to his Islam ic beliefs. Soon afterwards, he died, but the mother said that her heart w as at peace , for her son had recited the Kalima before he died. This is an ex ample of a truly righteous upbringing , and this is the type of spiritual faith which Islam wishes to suffuse within women’s hearts. It is th is sort of wom a n , who desire s to see her children filled with righteousness and to be well - trained, who not only benefit themselves, but also benefit t he whole nation. Such women can revive a nation. Imam Bukhari was a great man , and his mother deserved a good portion of credit for that. D o you think his mother was not granted extra blessings when people benefited from such an able mother ? No, for Imam Bukhari ’s mother certainly received a good portion of the special blessings he received for his righteous ness. In the same way, you cannot say that Imam Abu Hanifa h ’s mother was an ordinary woman. She was certainly not an ordinary woman. Can the woman who brought up a person age such as Abu Hanifah , be ordinary ? God Almighty states in the Holy Qur’ān that w hen a person is given an elevated status, his parents and his relatives will also be raised with him , and they will also receive those blessings. Parents play a key role in the making of a true believer. Do not think that if the child of a Christian or a Hindu becomes Muslim, his mother will not receive the blessings thereof. Even if she is not granted complete salvation , her sins will be great ly lessened. Most of you wish to take part in jihad but let me tell you that raising your children properly and making them righteous is in fact j ihad.