Islam and Mother Islam honors the mother higher than any other religion on earth. The mother who is so much appreciated by Islam and who receives all these rights has a task to fulfill. She has to take care of her children, raise them well, implant virtues and make them detest evil. She has to teach them to obey Allah, encourage them to defend what is truthful, not dissuade them from fighting for Allah (a form of jihad) because of the maternal feelings in their hearts, but to favor the right way about the feeling. In fact, references to parents have been made at least 15 times in the Holy Qur'an. The Holy Quran, a state, “And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him, and goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) "Ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word.” (AlIsraa:23) We saw a believing mother, Al-Khansaa, in the battle of Qadesseyah eloquently urging her four...