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1897. Bahz bin Ḥakīm narrated from his father, from his grandfather who said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Who most deserves (my) reverence?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your father, then the nearest relatives, then the nearest relatives.'" (Hasan)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, Abdullāh bin 'Amr, 'Aīshah, and Abū Ad-Dardā'.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Bahz bin Ḥakīm is Abū Mu'āwiyah bin Haidah Al-Qushairī. And this Ḥadīth is Hasan.
Shu'bah criticized Bahz bin Ḥakīm, but he is trustworthy according to the people of Ḥadīth. Ma'mar, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ḥammād bin Salamah, and others among the A'immah reported from him.
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Commentary
This and other similar Ahādīth are explicit on the point that, as regards dutifulness and reverence from the children, the mother gets precedence over the father. The Prophet ﷺ has specified that the rights of mothers over children are three times more than those of the father. For one thing, the mother represents the weaker sex, and therefore needs more attention and better treatment. Besides, there are three pains that she alone suffers. Fathers can play no part in them. These are: (i) ordeal of pregnancy (ii) pangs of birth, a veritable battle between life and death, and (iii) the period of suckling during which she even has to spend wakeful nights for the sake of the baby.
