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"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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