| A little boy came up to his mother in 
              the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed 
              her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom 
              dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said: 
               For cutting the grass: $5.00 For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
 For going to the store for you: .50
 Babysitting my kid brother while you went shopping: .25
 Taking out the garbage: $1.00
 For getting a good report card: $5.00
 For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
 Total owed: $14.75
 Well, his mother looked at him standing there, 
              the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked 
              up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what 
              she wrote:  For 9 months I carried you while you were growing 
              inside me: No Charge. For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed 
              for you: No Charge.
 For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through 
              the years: No Charge.
 For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries 
              I knew were ahead: No Charge.
 For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge,
 Son, When you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge.
 
 When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there 
              were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother 
              and said, "Mum, I sure do love you".
 And then he took the pen and in great big letters 
              he wrote: "PAID IN FULL" "Your Lord ( ALLAH ) has 
              decreed that you should worship nothing except Him, and show) kindness 
              to your parents, whether one or both of them attain old age (while 
              they are) still with you, never say to them 'Shame! nor scold either 
              of them. Speak to them in a generous fashion. Protect them carefully 
              and say: 'My Lord, show them mercy, just as they cared for me as 
              a little child'"
 [Surah 17:23-24].
 
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