His mother carried him in difficulty, hardship and danger which could result in her death. Thereafter, she educates and nurtures you and spends long nights looking after you. Allāh changes her blood to milk such that you can breastfeed. The best thing for rearing a child and making his body strong is that he drinks from his mother's milk. Her hardship is preceded by pregnancy and birth upon hardship, weakness and difficulty. After that the mother spends time with her child in education and care along with sleepless nights feeling tiredness and pain. All this followed by cries, so you must return that good (with good). This is why Allāh mentioned being thankful to Himself with being thankful to one's parents,
أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَيْكَ إِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
"Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination."
[Sūrah Luqmān 31:14]
📚Book: The Advice of Luqmān the Wise to his Son
By Ash-Shaykh Al-'Allāmah Rabī 'Ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
Translated by Dr. Abdulilāh Lahmāmi
Salafi Publications
P. 17
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