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LISTENING TO THE MOTHER'S PRAYER

Source: Shaheed Murtada Mutahhari, The Narrative of Veracious, Vol.1, STORY, NO.24, p.61-62
At that night, he was listening to the words of his mother standing in the direction towards Ka'bah (Qibla) in a corner of the room. He was observing his mother praying to Allah prostrating, bowing, standing and sitting at that night, a Friday night. He was still a child; he was watching and hearing his mother praying for all Muslims, men and women remembering them by names and demanding the Almighty Allah for their prosperity, felicity, and favours; he was carefully listening to her whether she would mention and demand something from Allah for herself or not?
That night Imam Hasan ('a) kept awake till morning, not losing the sight of her mother, Fatemah ('a).
He was expecting to see how her mother prays for herself and what favours she will ask from the Almighty Allah?
The dawn succeeded after the night passed with prayer and supplication for others, but Imam Hasan ('a) did not hear her saying even a single word in favour of herself.

In the morning he ('a) asked her mother:
"Mother! tonight I listened to your prayers, throughout your prayers you prayed for others and you did not pray even a single word for yourself?"
The affectionate mother said in reply: "My beloved son! First neighbours then our house." (1)


NOTES
1. Bahar ul-Anwar, v. 10, p. 25.