Allah Loves
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh everyone. Welcome back to Allah Loves. So last time we talked about this concept of loving someone else for Allah's sake and a lot of times unfortunately we immediately expand that and extend it to others outside of our households but we forget the people that are inside of our households and there is no person that you should think of more when you hear those ahadith than your mother because the Prophet peace be upon him when a man asked him to whom should I give my honor and kindness to the Prophet peace be upon him said your mother then he said who he said then your mother then he said who he said then your mother he said then who he said then your father. So we know that Allah has preferred the mother in a very special way that the Prophet peace be upon him sent a companion back to his mother and said paradise lies at her feet that Allah has put the obedience to the parents in the Quran with obedience to him that you worship him and obey him and that you show a similar level of kindness and love to your parents without of course worshipping them or preferring them over the creator but he included them. Wa qadha rabbuka alla ta'budu illa iya wa bilwalidayni ihsana He included them by saying that your Lord has judged that you worship none other but him and that you show only excellence to your parents. So where is this concept that Allah loves your mother and I have to give this qualifier that this does not mean tolerating injustice or oppression or harm. These are things that are outside of the scope of the default and need to be dealt with as exceptional cases but in general the status of the mother and this concept of earning the love of Allah by showing love to your mother. There are two narrations that I want to share with you today. One of them from the Prophet peace be upon him the other one from Abdullah bin Abbas may Allah be pleased with him the cousin
of the Prophet peace be upon him. The Prophet peace be upon him had a man who approached him and said to the Prophet peace be upon him that I committed a major sin. Is there any way for me to repent to Allah? The Prophet peace be upon him said do you have a mother? Is your mother alive? And the man said no. Look at the follow up question of the Prophet peace be upon him. He said well does your mother have a sister? Do you have an aunt that's alive? A maternal aunt that's alive? The man said yes. The Prophet peace be upon him said then go be good to her show her some ihsan show her some excellence and some love and hope for Allah's mercy in the process of that. So it wasn't even after the mother the Prophet peace be upon him jumped far out. The Prophet peace be upon him said well is there an aunt? And of course in those societies and in many societies today the khala the aunt particularly the maternal aunt really plays a motherly role in a person's life. And the Prophet peace be upon him mentioned al khala the maternal aunt biman zilat al um that she has the station of the mother. So she's the number two when it comes to that honor and that love. But again that idea of you know you committed a major sin between you and Allah well go ahead and go to your mother and show her goodness and see if that's a way of opening that door of pleasure with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The narration from Ibn Abbas radiallahu ta'ala anhu is a very profound one. A man came to Ibn Abbas and he was guilty of murder. So he confessed to Abdullah Ibn Abbas that he killed someone that he became jealous and he killed someone and Ibn Abbas radiallahu ta'ala anhu responded to him, is your mother alive? Now this is separate by the way from any legal proceedings and anything that would take place in the capacity of retribution. He's worried about his akhira, he's worried about his hereafter. Is there any chance of me to have forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And that's what he came to Ibn Abbas asking. Ibn Abbas says to him is your mother alive? And the man said no. Ibn Abbas said to him well just
go and seek Allah's forgiveness sincerely and hope in his mercy. So he gave him a generic answer after asking him specifically is your mother alive? So the students of Ibn Abbas, the scholar of this ummah, they asked him, they said you know it's interesting, why did you ask him about his mother? His mother wasn't even in the equation. He killed somebody, he's worried if he's going to be forgiven by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, if he still has a chance at Allah's mercy and that's what you asked him. Ibn Abbas said, he said wallahi, I don't know, I swear by Allah that I don't know of an action more beloved to Allah than serving your mother. I cannot think of an action that Allah loves more than showing kindness and obedience to one's mother. SubhanAllah. These are things that are so easy to us, they're so accessible to us. And if your mother is still alive then make sure that you make use of that. And Zayn al-Abideen may Allah be pleased with him, he said that if one gate has closed then go to the other gate, then please your father, then show that love to your father and that obedience to your father as well. And the Prophet peace be upon him of course mentioned that the rida, the pleasure of the father is the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so our parents are truly a gate to paradise, serving them, showing kindness to them, showing love to them, especially as they become older in age, showing patience with them as a result. These are all things we seek from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So there is no person and no two people that you can love for Allah more than your parents. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to be pleased with us, to let our parents be pleased with us and to join us all, our parents, our spouses, children, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles and everyone else. We ask Allah to join us in the highest level of Jannatul Firdaus. Allahumma ameen. JazakumAllahu khayran.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
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