From the boyhood Bayazid Bostami was
very helpful to his mother. He was also
very obedient. An interesting event took
place one night. He was studying in his
room. His mother was sleeping nearby.
At midnight, while he was reading, he
heard his mother saying ‘water’, ‘water’.
Bayazid took a glass and went to the jar
lying in the corner of the house. But alas!
There was no water in the jar. He left no
stone unturned to manage water but
failed. He thought for a while.
After a while, it came to his mind about
the existence of a shower at the edge of
the village. As it was a dark night, he
got frightened to go out alone. But there
was none to accompany him. Realizing
his mother’s necessity, he dared to go
out alone. However, he went to the
shower with the jar. He poured it with
water and returned home safely. Then,
pouring water into glass and went near
his mother. But he found her sleeping. He
thought to himself whether it would be
wise to wake up or not. He did not wake
up instead he was standing by her side
with the glass in hand. At dawn, his
mother woke up and saw his son
standing beside her .
At first she could not realize the reason
of his standing. Afterwards, she could
remember what happened last night.
Then, the mother said to her son, “O my
boy, why didn’t you wake up me instead
of standing for long hours at night?” The
son replied, “I thought it would be
impolite to wake up my sleeping mother.”
Bayazid’s mother became very pleased to
hear such an answer from her son. She
prayed to Allah to bless her son with the
highest spiritual honour. Allah granted
her prayer and made Bayazid one of His
greatest devotees.
From the story we can learn that,
serving the mother is a great virtue and
man became happy in life by doing this.
Those man are now is great , that is their
mother’s achievement. So be obedient
and helpful to your mother.