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Your mother, then your mother, then your mother

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ صَحَابَتِي؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أَبُوكَ

Ja'a rajulun ila rasuli-llahi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam fa-qala: Ya rasula-llah, man ahaqqu-n-nasi bi-husni sahabati? Qala: Ummuk. Qala: Thumma man? Qala: Ummuk. Qala: Thumma man? Qala: Ummuk. Qala: Thumma man? Qala: Abuk.

"A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, who among people is most deserving of my good companionship? He said: Your mother. He said: Then who? He said: Your mother. He said: Then who? He said: Your mother. He said: Then who? He said: Your father."

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah. Sahih al-Bukhari 5971, Sahih Muslim 2548

A short reflection

The math is plain. Three to one. The mother carried, gave birth, nursed; the father provided. Both honoured, but the weight asked of her is the weight named first.

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