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38 Hazrat Amman Jan (ra). She relates that Hazrat Amman Jan was offering prayers at the time and when she had finished she asked the women visiting her if they had offered their prayers. The woman with the child excused herself, explaining that her baby had wet herself and that she would go home and offer prayers after changing her. To this Hazrat Amman Jan (ra) replied: “ Never omit prayers using your children as an excuse. In this way, your children become a cause of Allah Almighty ’ s wrath, when really they are a reward from Allah Almighty. ” She thus directed mothers to appreciate their children but also never to commit “ Shirk ,” i. e. to associate them with Allah Almighty, by putting their needs before Allah ’ s Commands. 2. 13 REFERENCES: 2. 1 Holy Qur ’ an, Chapter 3, verse 39 2. 2 Holy Qur ’ an, Chapter 37, verse 101 2. 3 Way of the Seekers by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, p. 47, Islam International Publications Ltd, 2002 2. 4 Holy Qur ’ an, Chapter 25, verse 75 2. 5 Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih IV (rh), Friday Sermon April 3, 1987 2. 6 Jami’a -Tirmidhi, Vol. 3, Chapters on Sacrifice, Hadith No. 1522 2. 7 Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith No. 4948 2. 8 Holy Qur ’ an, Chapter 31, verse 15 2. 9 Holy Qur ’ an, Chapter 2, verse 234 2. 10 Address to Lajna Ima ’ illah at Jalsa Salana UK by Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih IV (rh), July 271991 2. 11 Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih V (aba), Friday Sermon, December 13, 2013 2. 12 Address to Lajna Ima ’ illah at Jalsa Salana Germany, 2010 2. 13 Hazrat Amman Jan (ra) by Munavara Ghauri, p. 39; Lajna Ima ’ illah UK, Islam International Publications Ltd, 2011