My dear brothers and sisters, at this particular juncture I want to...I want to coin a question. And that question is, 'what is our relationship with our parents?' Right now I want you to ask yourselves, 'what is our relationship with our parents?'
'Are we diligent children with our parents?'
'Are our parents truly happy with us?'
'Are there days in our parent's lives when they sit and they wish we would be different children to what we are?'
Ask yourself this question, especially our mothers! Because Rasoolullah (ﷺ) taught us about how the mother has a precedence in our lives over the father. And to make us understand this better...I want you to imagine a mother who writes a letter to her child. What do you think this mother would say in her letter?
Would she not say,
'My Dear Son, a long time ago...I received the best news a mother can receive, a human being can receive. And that was the news when I was informed that I was pregnant with you.
And my dear child...
I cannot express how happy I was on that day!
And weeks passed by after that. And my body started changing. And I was scared. Because I could not eat except that I would vomit what I ate. And I would feel weak. And my body started expanding as you grew in me. And my dear child I promise you...that with all the fear that I had, I was loving you more with everyday that passed...
Even though all these was happening to me!
The day that I held you, became even more dearer to me and my dear child...
Those weeks became months and I became even more heavier to such an extent where I couldn't stand for long. I couldn't walk for long.
And then a time came when I couldn't even sleep on my back because of the weight of carrying you would cause immense pain on my chest. So I would sleep on my side. But I would fear when I would turn to my side that I might role on to my stomach and harm you. That was a fear in my mind, my dear child!
But I would try my best and everyday that passed...my love for you grew stronger. And my desire to hold you grew stronger. Until my dear child, the day came when I felt a pain that I never ever felt in my life before. A pain in which I thought I would die. Wallahi! I thought I was going to die. A pain which I would not wish that my enemy felt. And it was the day when you were about to enter in this world. And it lasted for long.
Pain after pain!
Contraction after contraction!
Second after second, minute after minute by Allah it felt like a life time.
I thought I wouldn't survive from this but I promise you my dear child that there was never a moment, never a moment that I hated you during that process!
Never a moment where I said an evil word to you or an evil word about you. Rather my desire for you, my desire to hold you, my desire to see you, kept me going. That in sha Allah it's soon, that in sha Allah it soon...and I carried on going!
I never ever said that I will take revenge over you after you are born. I never ever said that woe to you, woe to you!
I never uttered a word of enmity and hatred towards you as I suffered these pangs that felt like the pangs of death. And then my dear son, oh my dear child! You entered this world. And when I saw you, the pangs of death that I thought I felt...dissipated. And the tears that I had in my eyes became tears of joy. And the hurt that I felt in my body became a hurt of joy!
As I held you and brought you to my chest and smiled and said,
'Subhaana Rabbial 'Ala!'
Allah has blessed us with a great blessing.'
Allahu Akbar!
'Are we diligent children with our parents?'
'Are our parents truly happy with us?'
'Are there days in our parent's lives when they sit and they wish we would be different children to what we are?'
Ask yourself this question, especially our mothers! Because Rasoolullah (ﷺ) taught us about how the mother has a precedence in our lives over the father. And to make us understand this better...I want you to imagine a mother who writes a letter to her child. What do you think this mother would say in her letter?
Would she not say,
'My Dear Son, a long time ago...I received the best news a mother can receive, a human being can receive. And that was the news when I was informed that I was pregnant with you.
And my dear child...
I cannot express how happy I was on that day!
And weeks passed by after that. And my body started changing. And I was scared. Because I could not eat except that I would vomit what I ate. And I would feel weak. And my body started expanding as you grew in me. And my dear child I promise you...that with all the fear that I had, I was loving you more with everyday that passed...
Even though all these was happening to me!
The day that I held you, became even more dearer to me and my dear child...
Those weeks became months and I became even more heavier to such an extent where I couldn't stand for long. I couldn't walk for long.
And then a time came when I couldn't even sleep on my back because of the weight of carrying you would cause immense pain on my chest. So I would sleep on my side. But I would fear when I would turn to my side that I might role on to my stomach and harm you. That was a fear in my mind, my dear child!
But I would try my best and everyday that passed...my love for you grew stronger. And my desire to hold you grew stronger. Until my dear child, the day came when I felt a pain that I never ever felt in my life before. A pain in which I thought I would die. Wallahi! I thought I was going to die. A pain which I would not wish that my enemy felt. And it was the day when you were about to enter in this world. And it lasted for long.
Pain after pain!
Contraction after contraction!
Second after second, minute after minute by Allah it felt like a life time.
I thought I wouldn't survive from this but I promise you my dear child that there was never a moment, never a moment that I hated you during that process!
Never a moment where I said an evil word to you or an evil word about you. Rather my desire for you, my desire to hold you, my desire to see you, kept me going. That in sha Allah it's soon, that in sha Allah it soon...and I carried on going!
I never ever said that I will take revenge over you after you are born. I never ever said that woe to you, woe to you!
I never uttered a word of enmity and hatred towards you as I suffered these pangs that felt like the pangs of death. And then my dear son, oh my dear child! You entered this world. And when I saw you, the pangs of death that I thought I felt...dissipated. And the tears that I had in my eyes became tears of joy. And the hurt that I felt in my body became a hurt of joy!
As I held you and brought you to my chest and smiled and said,
'Subhaana Rabbial 'Ala!'
Allah has blessed us with a great blessing.'
Allahu Akbar!
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