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Story: A Son’s Devotion to His Mother/ Bayazid’s Love for His Mother

Bayazid was a small boy. His mother was ill. One day he was studying by the side of the bed of his ailing mother. She was lying on her bed. At midnight she woke up and wanted a glass of water Bayazid went to the kitchen to bring water. But the pitcher was empty. He thought to fetch water from a distant fountain. He went alone to the fountain with the pitcher and came back home with pitcher full of water. In the meantime, his mother was fast asleep again. He did not want to disturb his ailing mother. So, he remained standing beside his mother’s bed. In the morning, Bayazid’s mother awoke. She became astonished to see her son standing with the glass full of water beside her bed. She embraced her son with deep love and prayed to almighty Allah for her son. In his later life, Bayazid became great saint.