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 mother was really answered for the great son and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ made him Sardar. (Hayat-e-Muhaddis-e-A’zam, pp. 30)

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Have you noticed! When a mother makes Du’a for her child, how its blessed effects appear that not only a meat trader became Jannati by virtue of his mother’s Du’a, but he was also blessed with the good news of