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A sister emailed me this little story. InshaAllah u'll all be able to reflect on how special and how irreplacable our mother are.
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>>A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?"
>>
>>"Because I need to" she said.
>>
>>"I don't understand," he said.
>>
>>His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."
>>
>>Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry
>>for no reason?"
>>
>>"All women cry for no reason," his dad answered carelessly.
>>
>>The little boy, still wondering why women cry, finally asked the
>>old wise shaikh (scholar). "He surely knows the answer", he
>>thought. "Ya Shaikh! Why do women cry so easily?"
>>
>>The Shaikh answered: "When Allah made the woman she had to be made
>>so special. He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight
>>of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. He gave her an
>>inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that comes
>>from her children. He gave her a hardness that allows her to keep
>>going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family
>>through sickness and fatigue without complaining. He gave her the
>>sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances,
>>even when her child hurts her very badly. He gave her strength to
>>carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib
>>to protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that a good
>>husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and
>>her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. And lastly, He gave
>>her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever
>>she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, its hers."
>>
>>"You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she
>>wears, the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair. The
>>beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the
>>doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."
The little boy got the answer and never asked the question again.
