Mother

A baby cried at night, Mum wanted to train her for sleeping through, so tried to ignore as much as she could (trying to follow few different ways on how to make baby sleep through by various child experts, from books etc!). Thinking of how much sleepless nights Mum have had since baby was born, and how it will affect her working day tomorrow.
While trying to ignore the crying baby, Mum thought.. Allah makes baby cries at night, when a mother wakes up to attend her baby or feed her, the reward is like going to the war of fisabilillah. SubhanaAllah..it's a huge reward that no other woman can gain except for a mother! How could we resist that?..How much the duniawi has ruled us, women, which mothers have to think more on other stuffs, eg work. Looking after your zuriat, bathe them, feed them, teach them 'Bismillah' and other foundations that will benefit them and us, mothers; as the rewards of ilmu yg diamalkan is rewarded everytime they use it, like "Bismillahirrahmanirrahim", imagine that word that you teach is used everyday in life! What more if the parents can teach their children more and more.. imagine the pahala from Allah, although we should be doing things sincerely because of Allah, but at least thinking of the pahala will make parents wanted to strive to teach their children, the duas, surahs and the akhlak.
A drop of mum's milk is a pahala for Mother, all from Allah. Imagine the most natural thing, the beautiful moment that Allah grant Mother and baby, is also rewarded pahala! SubhanaAllah.. So many things, natural motherhood that Allah designed for a woman that will gain back benefits to themselves, ourselves..Mothers.
After giving birth to a baby, Allah makes us, mothers like a new baby too, taking away all the dosa. Isn't that wonderful? The pain that we go through, gets the benefit of taking away our dosa. SubhanaAllah, how great is Allah, his creations and his way of designing every each things for everything, and for women, mothers. Yes..Allah put us to test, to gain his rewards in bringing up our zuriat, the patience, the tawakkal. May Allah give barakah to the Mothers.
"Who should we listen to..after Allah..and Rasullullah.."
"Who next?" "Your mother"
"Who next?" "Your mother"
"Who next?" "Your mother"
"And then your father.."
lyrics from a beautiful muslim children song. Again how high is the darjat of a mother that Allah has put us, from what we have been through, and will go through. SubhanaAllah. And that mother instinct that only mothers have for their children, when they are happy, sad, healthy, sick, hungry, thirsty etc etc, even what your child thinks, a mother knows! Isn't that amazing 6th sense, instinct that Allah granted to us, mothers.
MasyaAllah, SubhanaAllah...I'm so thankful to Allah for giving me the chance to be a mother.
*this is what i only know, may be others can add on more ilmu to be shared among us. thank you Allah.