Dutifulness to One's Mother

Dutifulness to One's Mother

##Bahz ibn Hakim's grandfather said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, to whom should I be dutiful?'
'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then whom?' 'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then whom?'
'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then whom?' 'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then to whom
should I be dutiful?' 'Your father,' he replied, 'and then the next closest relative and then the next.'"

## 'Ata' ibn Yasar said that a man came to Ibn 'Abbas and said, "I asked a woman to marry me and she
refused to marry me. Another man asked her and she agreed to marry him. I became jealous and killed
her. Is there any way for me to repent?" He asked, "Is your mother alive?" "No," he replied. He said,
"repent to Allah Almighty and try to draw near Him as much as you can."
'Ata' said, "I went to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him, 'Why did you ask him whether his mother was alive?'
He replied, 'I do not know of any action better for bringing a person near to Allah than dutifulness to
his mother.'"