exceedingly high rank that no matter how hard somebody tries, they will never truly fulfil the rights of their mother. Indeed, this is one of the great favours of Islam and a means of pride for a mother.

In order to revive the importance of mothers in the hearts of Muslims, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, the Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah, Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ has written a beautiful booklet known as “Oceanic Dome”. In this work, he has gathered the rights of mothers, their importance, accounts related to obeying and disobeying them, as well as verses of the Holy Quran and blessed Hadith which discuss this subject. You can buy this booklet today from the Maktaba-tul-Madina stall; read it yourself and distribute it as much as you can. It can also be read, downloaded or printed from the website of Dawat-e-Islami: www.dawateislami.net.

The rank of a sister in Islam

Dear Islamic brothers! Just as Islam has specified the rights of mothers, it has also done the same concerning the rights of blood sisters, teaching its followers to treat their blood and foster sisters in a good manner. Sisters usually have to put up with the stubbornness of their brothers, or spend much time doing as they ask. Whenever their brothers are in pain or facing a problem, sisters come to their aid and support them. If their mother passes away, the sisters rise up and take responsibility, filling the void of their mother’s absence in a beautiful way.

Before Islam, sisters were also treated in a debauched and evil way. In the times of ignorance, it was common for brothers to marry their sisters. Allah Almighty declared this to be eternally Haram in the following way:^[1] It is clear for the world to know that the biggest upholder and champion of women’s rights is none other than the