Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 34
34 Like all ordinary women she had domestic responsibilities : a large family and in - laws, guests, ladies to meet and greet , widows, orphans, the poor and students. She also had the every d ay household tasks of cooking, cleaning, washing and sewing to perform. However, she proved that multitasking is not a modern - day phenomenon for women. More importantly, she showed how these routine responsibilities should not divert us from the worship of Allah Almighty. In fact , they can become the tools of worshipping every minute of the day. By fulfilling her responsibilities and showing infinite compassion for Allah Almighty ’ s creatures, Hadrat Amman Jan ra was in fact engaged in practical worship much of her day. Her every utterance that was not directed at others was in fact the remembrance of her Creator or verbal prayers. Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra said concerning the extent of his mother ’ s piety and righteousness , that it was difficult to express it in few words. It was however apparent through her regular and p unctual observance of the five daily prayers and extra " Nawafil " 28. She was also very regular in " Tahajjud " 29 prayers. The remarkable nature of Hadrat Amman Jan ’ s prayers was such that the passion and ardour with which she supplicated would inspire those around her to engage in " Salat " as well. The greatest testimony to the weight and importance Hadrat Amman Jan ra gave to the punctual observance of prayers on time, (in accordance with the hadith that Allah Almighty loves most those who observe prayer punctually), is Hadrat Amman Jan's astounding behaviour at the time of the death of her son , " Bashir - e - Awwal ". Few mothers could even contemplate thinking of anything else 28 Extra voluntary prayers 29 Voluntary night - time prayers