Bab-ul-Ilm

Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother — Then Your Father

Chapter 5 — Family, Parents and Children

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Status: to be checked — The Arabic wording below is the famous, widely quoted wording. The exact reference (volume and Hadith number) in the five source books must be verified before use.

Said by: The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

Arabic (عربی):

أُمُّكَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ ثُمَّ أُمُّكَ ثُمَّ أَبُوكَ

English translation:

"Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father."

Reference: [reference — to be verified]

💡 Explanation: A man asked the Prophet (SAW) who most deserves his good company. The Prophet (SAW) named the mother three times before the father — because she carried the child, gave birth to him, and raised him with love and sacrifice.

💡 Remember:

A man asked the Prophet (SAW) who most deserves his good company.