*   Parents are a priceless gift.

*   The rank of parents is explained in the Quran and Hadith.

*   Obedience to parents is a means of earning the pleasure of Allah and His Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم   .

*   Parents sacrifice their health and well-being for their children.

*   Children are born from the blood and flesh of the parents.

*   Parents shed tears and worry when their children fall ill.

*   Parents will stay awake during the night for the sake of their ill children.

*   Parents sacrifice their lives for the future of their children.

*   Parents bear hardship before and after their children are born.

*   The rights of parents are explained by the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself.

Paradise Lies beneath the Feet of Mothers

Sayyiduna Jaahima رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ went to the court of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم   and said, “O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! I wish to fight in the way of Allah, and I have come to you for advice.” The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked, “Is your mother alive?” He replied in the positive. So, the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: فَالْزَمْهَا فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ  تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْهَا, “Make it necessary upon yourself to serve her, for Paradise lies beneath her feet.”^[1]