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Your mother, then your mother, then your mother

Wednesday, January 16, 1963

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
Transliteration

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.

Translation

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
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