Guard Against Earning the Wrath of God Through Your Mother

“The account for most punishable sins is delayed until the Day of Judgement except for parental indignance; this will be exacted during one’s lifetime.”—At-Tabaraani and Al-Haakim

In the tribe of Bani Israel, there lived a pious person by the name of Jareeh, who used to engage himself in God’s worship, in his monastery. 

One day, his mother approached him while he was busy in prayer and as a result, he did not respond to her. 

She approached him for a second time but again Jareeh did not answer.

When this happened for the third time, she became angry and cursed him saying, “I pray to God that He does not help you!”

The very next day a prostitute came up to his monastery and giving birth to a child there, declared: “This is Jareeh’s child whom I have given birth to.”

The scandalous issue created an uproar among the people, who thought: 

“The very person, who used to rebuke us for fornication, has committed it himself.”

The king ordered him to be sent to gallows.

When Jareeh’s mother came to know of this, she began beating her face in distress whereupon he said to her:

“Keep quiet, for it is due to your curse that I find myself in this predicament.”

The people asked him, “O’ Jareeh! How can we know that you speak the truth?”

He told them to bring the child to him.

When the child was brought, he prayed and then questioned the child, “Who is your father?” 

The child, with divine power and permission said, “My father is such and such a shepherd belonging to such and such a tribe.”

Allah {SWT} accepted Jareeh’s repentance and saved his life with this miracle, after which he vowed never to separate from his mother and to serve her throughout her life.

Finally, we should guard against the wrath of God by being very careful to not offend our parents, especially our mothers.

May Allah {SWT} grant us true understanding. Aameen

Reference: Namunah-e-Ma’arif