My Mom Only had One Eye

[nihma333]

This story reminds me of the mother poem that the Shaykh told us:

My mom only had one eye.

I hated her... she was such an embarrassment...

She cooked for students & teachers...to support the family.

There was one occasion during elementary school and my mom came.

I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me?

I threw her a hateful look and ran out.

The next day at school...

"Your mom only has one eye?!?!"...eeeee said a friend.

I wished my mom would just disappear from this world.

So I said to my mom, "Mom... Why don't you have the other eye?!

If you're only going to make me a laughing stock, why don't you just die?!!!"

My mom did not respond...


I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time,
it felt good to think that I had said what I'd wanted to say all this time.

Maybe it was! because my mom hadn't punished me,

but I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.


That night...
I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me.

I took a look at her, and then turned away.

Because of what I had said to her earlier,

there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart.
Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye.
So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful.

Then I studied real hard.

I left my mother and went to Singapore to study.
Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own.

Then I had kids, too....

Now I'm living happily as a successful man.

I like it here because it's a place that doesn't remind me of my mom.

This happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when...

What?! Who's this?!

It was my mother...Still with her one eye.

I felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me.

Even my children ran away, scared of my mom's eye.

And I asked her, "Who are you?!" "I don't know you!!!"

I screamed at her, "How dare you come to my house and scare my children!!"

GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"

And to this, my mother quietly answered,

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,"

and she disappeared out of sight.

Thank goodness...

She doesn't recognize me. I was quite relieved.

I told myself that I wasn't going to care,

Or think about this for the rest of my life.

Then a wave of relief came upon me.

...One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house in Singapore.
So, lying to my wife that I was going on a business trip, I went.
After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, that I used to call a house..
... Just out of curiosity


There, I found my mother fallen on the cold ground.

But I did not shed a single tear.

She had a piece of paper in her hand....It was a letter to me.

"My son: I think my life has been long enough now...

And... I wont visit Singapore anymore...

But would it be too much to ask if I wanted you

to come visit me once in a while? I miss you so much..

And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion.

But I decided not to go to the school, for you......And.....

I'm sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you.

You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident,
and lost your eye.
As a mom, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye.
So I gave you mine.

I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me,
in my place, with that eye.
I was never upset at you for anything you did.
The couple times that you were angry with me..

I thought to myself, 'It's because he loves me..."

My son... Oh, my son... "

[Imtiaz]

Jazzak Allah Khair for this.

[QTbklynmuslimah]

wow, dis iz a realii nice poem. Its so sad, i was tearing. It got me to think how lucky i am 2 have a mom and how I should do so much more 4 her. Its reallii sad how ppl 2day don't care 4 their parents. Instead, they shout over their parents and tell them how much they hate them. If only they knew how big of a sin it was, mayb then they wud think twice. but then, there r always da onez who r jus ignorant and don't care.

[nybrother]

SubhanAllah!!! That story is sick and twisted...the end almost made my heart break...

[Sweet Muslimah]

Subhanallah...*sniff...amazing story. We should all take a lesson from this and think about how we talk and act with our parents. It's surprising how parents give up so much for their children...some kids are just so ungrateful!!!
May Allah Give Us All Hadaya. -Ameen

[Dawud Israel]

Mommmy!!!!!!!! Waaaaahhhhh!!!! :S

I'm going to go and hug my mum right now and kiss her and then massage her back.

[Ahmed Ibn Hassan]

Subhanallah!!

This story was so touching, and extremely emotional… just got me thinking on our current relationship with our parents (especially our mothers.)
Let’s all make a concretive effort of pleasing our mothers & as we all know well the hadtihs, and verses that clearly stress this issue.

[Al-Hayaa]

Allahu Akbar! tears to my eyes....i jus cannot imagine any1 thinkin like this over their mothers when they brought u up, fed u....May Allah grant our parents jannatul Fardows, ameen.

وَوَصَّيْنَا الإِنسَـنَ بِوَلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَـناً حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهاً وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهاً وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَـلُهُ ثَلاَثُونَ شَهْراً حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِى أَنْ أَشكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِى أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَى وَلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـلِحاً تَرْضَـهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِى إِنَّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Al Ahqaaf: 15. And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents. His mother bears him with hardship. And she delivers him with hardship. And (the period of) his gestation and the weaning of him is thirty months, till when he attains full strength and reaches forty years, he says: "My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds, such as please You, and make my offspring good. Truly, I have turned to You in repentance, and truly, I am one of the Muslims.''

[Al-Hayaa]

وَالَّذِى قَالَ لِوَلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِى أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ الْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ اللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَـذَآ إِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ - أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ فِى أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ خَـسِرِينَ


Ahqaaf: 17. But he who says to his parents: "Uff to you! Do you promise me that I will be raised up when generations before me have passed'' While they invoke Allah for help: "Woe to you! Believe! Verily, the promise of Allah is true.'' But he says: "This is nothing but the legends of the ancient.'' 18. They are those against whom the Word (of torment) has justified among the previous generations of Jinn and mankind that have passed away. Verily, they are ever the losers.

[Abdatullah]

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بنقوده حتى ينال بهالوطرْ

قال : ائتني بفؤادِ أمك يا فتى
ولك الدراهمُ والجواهروالدررْ

فمضى وأغرز خنجراً فيصدرها
والقلبُ أخرجهُ وعاد علىالأثرْ

لكنه من فرطِ سُرعتههوى
فتدحرج القلبُ المُعَفَّرُ إذاعثرْ

ناداه قلبُ الأمِ وهو مُعفَّـرٌ :
ولدي ، حبيبي ، هل أصابك من ضررْ؟

فكأن هذا الصوتَ رُغْمَحُنُوِّهِ
غَضَبُ السماء على الوليد قدانهمرْ


ورأى فظيع جنايةٍ لميأتها
أحدٌ سواهُ مُنْذُ تاريخِالبشرْ

وارتد نحو القلبِ يغسلهُبما
فاضتْ به عيناهُ من سيلِالعِبرْ

ويقول : ياقلبُ انتقم مني ولا
تغفرْ ، فإن جريمتي لاتُغتفرْ
وإذا رحمتَفأنني أقضي انتحاراً
مثلما يوضاس من قبليانتحرْ

واستلَّ خنجرهُ ليطعنَصدرهُ
طعناً سيبقىعبرةً لمن اعتبرْ

ناداه قلبُ الأمِّ : كُفَّ يداً ولا
تذبح فؤادي مــرتــيــن ِ عـــلـــىالأثـرْ