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Also:<br />

"Serve God, and join not any partners with him,<br />

and do good to parents. " 1<br />

The Prophet said 'Know that disobedience <strong>of</strong> parents is a grave sin.<br />

No man will go to heaven if he disobeys his mother. 2A son should<br />

treat his mother kindly as she grows old and should support her<br />

if she is a widow or his father cannot support her financially.<br />

Islam had also allotted to her a share <strong>of</strong> her son's inheritance if he<br />

dies. (Q. 4.12)<br />

The status <strong>of</strong> woman as a mother is a good example <strong>of</strong> the way<br />

in which Islam perpetuated and enhanced the aspects <strong>of</strong> the existing<br />

society where these were already in line with the teachings <strong>of</strong> the new<br />

religion.<br />

It is not surprising that more substantial changes were initiated<br />

for the woman in her position as daughter, wife. divorcee and widow<br />

than as mother, since in the former instances she had been treated as<br />

property belonging to guardians or husband and it was Islam's most<br />

fundamnetal contribution to liberate her from this humiliating<br />

position by giving her the rights as a human being on a comparable<br />

level to those <strong>of</strong> the man.<br />

1. Q. 4; 36<br />

2. al-HussairX. op. cito, P. 65<br />

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