پڑوسی بنا مجھ کو جنّت میں اُن کا                                                  خدائے محمد برائے مدینہ

صَلُّوۡ اعَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

‘Ateeq’ by virtue of mother’s Du’a:

One reason why Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddique رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was called ‘Ateeq’ has been stated that no child of her mother would remain alive. When he was born, she took him to Baytullah Sharif and made the following Du’a beseechingly: ‘O my Lord! If this son of mine is free from death, bestow him upon me’. Afterwards he was called ‘Ateeq’. (Tareekh-ul-Khulafa, pp. 22) 

Respect for mother

Sayyiduna Bayazid Bistami قُـدِّسَ سِـرُّهُ الـسَّـامِی has said: ‘During a very cold night, my mother asked me for [a glass of] water. I went to bring a glass of water, but she had fallen asleep when I came. I did not feel it appropriate to wake her up. Therefore, I stood near her holding the glass of water, waiting for her to wake up so that I could present it to her. I stood for a long time. Meantime, some water spilled over my finger and froze, turning into ice. When my respected mother woke up, I presented her the glass of water. My finger had stuck to the glass because of the ice. As I detached my finger from the glass, its skin came off, causing bleeding. Seeing it, my mother asked, ‘What is this?’ I told her the whole story. Listening to it, she raised her hands and made Du’a: ‘O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I am pleased with him. You also be pleased with him.’ (Samundari Gumbad, pp. 4)

Great mother

The great mother of Muhaddis-e-A’zam Pakistan Allamah Maulana Sardar Ahmad Qaadiri Chishti رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would quite often say: اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ this beloved child of mine will become a great personality and she would make this Du’a as well: ‘Your name is Sardar (Chief); May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ make you the Sardar of Deen and the world’; and the world saw that the Du’a of the