Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 106
106 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH People who desire to attain worldly gains from their wealth, get a benefit for the time being. However, actions of those people who perform deeds to win the approval of God the Almighty become eternal. They not only get the immediate reward but also set in motion a perpetual stream of rewards from it. Explanation of Hadith that “Paradise is Under the Feet of Mothers” The A ha d i th that paradise is under the feet of your mothers also indicates that the better training of a mother will breed righteous offspring and the rewards attained by the father will become eternal. But if the mother does not educate the children well, then accomplishments of father will terminate with himself and the world would be deprived of the gardens of eternity. The same theme is also expressed in the Hadith, narrated by Muawiyah bin Jahmah. He relates that a person came to the Holy Prophet sa and sought his permission for joining a certain Jihad. He asked whether his mother was alive. The man replied in affirmative. The Holy Prophet sa advised him: 23 “Go and stay with her as paradise is under her feet. ” 23 Sunan Nasa‘ i, Kit a b-ul-Jih a d, B a bur-Rukh s ati fit Takhallufi liman lah u W a lidah by Abu Abdur Ra h m a n Ahmad bin Shu‘aib An-Nasa‘ i , Hadith No. 3104, Edition Fifth, AH 1420, Publisher, D a rul Ma‘rifah, Beirut.