Islam assigns a position of great honour to a mother. The love, devotion and tenderness due to parents, and especially to the mother, are repeatedly stressed in the Holy Quran:
“We have enjoined on man benevolence towards his parents.” (29:9).
“Say, O Prophet: Come, let me rehearse to you that which your Lord has enjoined; that you associate not anything as partners with Him; that you behave benevolently towards your parents;” (6:152).
“Worship Allah and associate naught with Him, and be benevolent towards parents.” (4:37).
“Thy Lord has commanded that ye worship none but Him, and has enjoined benevolence towards parents. Should either or both of them attain old age in thy lifetime, never say: Ugh; to them, nor chide them, but always speak gently to them; be humbly tender with them and pray: Lord, have mercy on them even as they nurtured me when I was little.” (17:24-25).
“We have enjoined upon man concerning his parents: Be grateful to Me and to thy parents; unto Me is the final return. His mother bears him in travail after travail and his weaning takes two years.” (31:15).
“We have enjoined upon man to act benevolently towards his parents. His mother bears him in pain and brings him forth in pain; and the bearing of him and his weaning extends over thirty months. When he attains his full maturity at forty years, he supplicates: Lord, grant me the favour that I may be grateful to Thee for the bounty that Thou hast bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may act righteously so as to please Thee, and make my progeny righteous also. I do turn to Thee and truly I am of Thy obedient servants.” (46:16).
The Holy Prophet has admonished:
“The best of you is he who behaves best towards the members of his family.”
“Paradise lies at the feet of your mothers.”
“He who brings up his daughters well, and makes no distinction between them and his sons, will be close to me in Paradise.”