"I was never taught for even a second that I had a purpose in life other than pleasing Allah. Mama never told us that we had to be doctors, or engineers, or have prestigious careers, or be famous, or anything similar. She would always emphasize to us that Allah created us, for Islam. Everything else always came after that. So much so, that when some of my siblings would be asked as children, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” they would reply in all seriousness “a good Muslim”. That was our standard response that we felt obliged to say. Others found that answer funny, but Mama never did. In fact, she looked proud of it and never rebuked us or even explained that the question was intending what career we wanted to pursue.

All these years later, when asked what I want to be in life or what I'm pursuing, the words still echo throughout my heart:

"A good Muslim."

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May Allah reward and bless mothers like this! Even a mothers silent approval leaves such an impact on the mind of her children SubhanAllah.