Islamic quotes about mothers
No one has a greater right to your kindness than your mother. Verses, hadith and words to share with her.
From the Quran
وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ وَهۡنًا عَلَىٰ وَهۡنٖ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ فِي عَامَيۡنِ أَنِ ٱشۡكُرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيۡكَ إِلَيَّ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ﴿١٤﴾
Wawassayna alinsana biwalidayhi hamalathu ommuhu wahnan ʿala wahnin wafisaluhu fee ʿamayni ani oshkur lee waliwalidayka ilayya almaseeru
And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination
Quran 31:14 · Surah Luqman
وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ إِحۡسَٰنًاۖ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرۡهٗا وَوَضَعَتۡهُ كُرۡهٗاۖ وَحَمۡلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهۡرًاۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ﴿١٥﴾
Wawassayna alinsana biwalidayhi ihsanan hamalathu ommuhu kurhan wawadaʿathu kurhan wahamluhu wafisaluhu thalathoona shahran hatta itha balagha ashuddahu wabalagha arbaʿeena sanatan qala rabbi awziʿnee an ashkura niʿmataka allatee anʿamta ʿalayya waʿala walidayya waan aʿmala salihan tardahu waaslih lee fee thurriyyatee innee tubtu ilayka wainnee mina almuslimeena
And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims
Quran 46:15 · Surah Al-Ahqaf
From the hadith
A man asked: Who is most deserving of my good companionship? He said: Your mother. He asked: Then who? He said: Your mother. He asked: Then who? He said: Your mother. He asked: Then who? He said: Your father.
Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
Stay with her, for Paradise is beneath her feet.
an-Nasai and Ibn Majah, graded hasan
Captions and messages
Three times the Prophet ﷺ said "your mother". That's how much she matters. 🤍
My mother: my first teacher, my first home, my first dua.
Rabbir-hamhuma kama rabbayani saghira. My Lord, have mercy on my parents as they raised me when I was small.
Jannah lies at her feet. Treat her like it.
May Allah grant my mother the highest level of Jannah for every sleepless night.
Call your mother today. Her dua for you is answered.
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