Understanding Islam — Page 133
131 The best of you is the one who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wives. 4 You will be rewarded for whatever you spend for Allah’s sake even if it were a morsel which you put in your wife’s mouth. 5 Paradise lies at the feet of your mother. 6 Similarly, once a person asked Prophet Muhammad sa who is the most deserving of best treatment by him, and he responded, “Your mother”. He was asked, “Then who else after that?” He said, “Your mother”. He again asked, “Then who else after that?” He replied for the third-time, “Your mother”. When he was persistently asked again the fourth time, he said, “Your father”. 7 If anything, the status of a man (a father) is lesser here as compared to that of a woman (a mother). In a similar way, regarding the status of daughters and sisters, Prophet Muhammad sa is reported to have said: Whoever had a daughter born to him… and he did not prefer his son over her, Allah will admit him to Paradise because of her. 8