Does the mother differ from the father in the rights owed to the children?
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Question:
Its second part asks: What are the most prominent rights of the parents? And does the mother differ from the father?
Answer:
The rights of the parents are dutifulness to them, kindness to them, and mercy toward them, especially when they are old, providing for their needs, being gentle with them in speech, not raising one’s voice at them, and spending on them. The rights of the parents are great, and there is no doubt that the mother’s right is more emphatic.
Because she carried and breastfed, because she carried, gave birth, breastfed, and raised her child while he was small, so she was patient with him. Therefore, she is more emphatic than the father in dutifulness. It is obligatory for each of them to be treated with dutifulness, but the mother’s right is more emphatic.
Her right is greater than the father’s right, because of what she endures with her pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and her care for the small child in his clothing, in purifying him from impurity, and in other matters concerning him.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a man asked him, said: “Who is the most deserving of my good companionship?” or “Who is the most deserving of my dutifulness?” He said: “Your mother.” He said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5971. So he assigned the mother three times and the father once. Yes.
Its second part asks: What are the most prominent rights of the parents? And does the mother differ from the father?
Answer:
The rights of the parents are dutifulness to them, kindness to them, and mercy toward them, especially when they are old, providing for their needs, being gentle with them in speech, not raising one’s voice at them, and spending on them. The rights of the parents are great, and there is no doubt that the mother’s right is more emphatic.
Because she carried and breastfed, because she carried, gave birth, breastfed, and raised her child while he was small, so she was patient with him. Therefore, she is more emphatic than the father in dutifulness. It is obligatory for each of them to be treated with dutifulness, but the mother’s right is more emphatic.
Her right is greater than the father’s right, because of what she endures with her pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and her care for the small child in his clothing, in purifying him from impurity, and in other matters concerning him.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a man asked him, said: “Who is the most deserving of my good companionship?” or “Who is the most deserving of my dutifulness?” He said: “Your mother.” He said:
The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Your father.
ثم من؟ قال أمك. قال ثم من؟ قال أمك. قال ثم من؟ قال أبوك
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2066 - هل تختلف الأم عن الأب في الحقوق على الأولاد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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