One day a man came to see the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny.
It seemed that he was trying to solve something but couldn't quite work
it out. So he asked the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon
him and his progeny. "Tell me, O Prophet of Allah! I have many relatives
and many friends whom I love, and whom I wish to care for and help. But
I often find it difficult to decide which of them has the greatest
claim upon me? Which of them should come first?" The Prophet Muhammad,
peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny replied immediately,
"Your mother should come first and before all others."
The man was very pleased to have this clear guidance from the Prophet
Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny. But of
course there were all his other relatives and his friends, so he asked
again: "And after my mother, who has the greatest claim upon me?" The
Prophet Muhammad's, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny
reply this second time surprised him. "Your mother!" he said again.
The man wondered why the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be
upon him and his progeny was repeating himself. Perhaps he had not
spoken clearly, the man thought, so he asked the question again, "What I
want to know is, after my mother, who has the greatest claim upon me?
Again the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny said "your mother!"
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