A Mother's Prayer

At the time of Musa (AS), He asked Allah, "Oh Allah who will be my companion in Jannah (Heaven)?" Allah responded with, "A Butcher." After hearing this, Musa was shocked because he thought, why would a butcher be my companion in Jannah? Musa than asked Allah, "where can I find this man?" Allah instructed that he's in such and such place. So Musa goes to see this man and he sees him at his shop cutting Meat, and Musa thinks to himself, What is so special about this man? So at the end of the day, this Butcher closes the store and gets ready to go home but picks some meat up before he leaves. Musa (AS) begins to follow this man until he reaches his home and says to him, "Will you not take a traveler as a guest?" The Butcher says, "Why not, come in."

So Musa enters the home and starts to observe this man and he sees that the man takes the meat from the store and begins to wash it and cook it. After he cooks it, the man puts the meat on a plate. Right after that the man takes a basket from a high shelf in that room and brings it down. He takes a cloth and takes out an old frail lady from the basket, and he puts her in his arms like a father would put his baby in his arms. He begins to wipe this old frail lady, and than takes some meat, puts it in his mouth and chews it and than puts it in the mouth of this old frail lady. Every time the lady finished, he wipes the cloth and cleans her with it. Musa is continuously watching this and when the man finishes, he cleans her, puts her back in the basket and than puts the basket back in the high shelf.

While Musa was observing this, he saw two things: the man was attentive to her and the fact that every time he would put some food in her mouth, she would whisper something. So Musa asked the man, "Who is this woman to you?" The man says, "She's my MOTHER, and I'm so poor that I'm unable to buy food and other items for her. So I take whatever meat is left from the butcher and I bring it home and cook it for her. My mother is so old and frail that I do not have enough money to have a servant for her or take care of her, so I do everything for her." Musa than asks, "What is it that she mumbles every time you put food in her mouth?" The man says, "She prays for me, saying: 'O Allah make my Son the Companion of Musa in Jannah (Heaven)'."

Due to the Dua (Prayer) of The Butcher's Mother, Allah had accepted it and Musa (AS) Shows the Power of the Dua of the Mother.