Motherhood

Kizzi the cat became a mother for the first time on 22nd of March, which coincided with Mother's Day here in England. She gave birth to five lovely kittens. Amazingly kizi's personality has changed dramatically since then.

Kizzi used to spend more hours of her day outdoors hunting for mice, teasing birds, chasing leaves moved by the wind, or just sitting in the garden reflecting

Kizzi is very affectionate and grateful. She always rubs her nose against each of us. And she cannot start eating whithout giving me a kiss, her way of saying "thanks for the food, mum". During our meal-time, Kizi would come to the table to taste what we eat and remains in our company for sometime

Since giving birth to her babies, she spends nearly 22 hours breast feeding, licking and cleaning them and of course sleeping while the kittens feed on her milk. She would not go out more than once or twice, probably for her natural needs. As soon as she returns home, she gives us a short meow, her way of saying salam. Then, she rushes to her babies straightaway. Now, busy Kizzi hardly shares with us our food during our meal time.

Though very busy, she does not forget to give me my thank you kisses for the food. Actually, since being a mum, Kizzi became more affectionate and a lot more grateful! Amazingly, among all this hard work on her side, while the babies are sleeping she comes out from the nest to stretch her muscles and play with the children just for few minutes, then back again to her kittens. Peeping my eyes through to see her in her nest, I can see a very dedicated happy mother, who seems contented to play her role in life

Kizzi's behaviour is not like that of robots. Rather, she pauses when we offer her food to taste during meal time. She seems to think for few seconds, then makes up her mind to resume to her new job, looking after the babies. This dedication to her role in life brings to minds Qur'anic surah 20, verse 50:

"قال ربنا الذى أعطى كل شئ خلقه ثم هدى"

Moses said, 'Our Lord is He who gave everything its form, then gave it guidance

Reflecting on the dramatic change in Kizzi's behaviour; the sense of responsibility, the way she religiously attends to her babies, the way she balances her life according to her new responsibility make me wonder:

How honest, responsible and dedicated these animals are to the duties ordained upon them by Allah

Comparing Kizzi's dedication to her duities with some of the modern mums reminds me how has modern life changed the minds of many mothers and made them ignore their instinct, forget and detest their main role and duty in life?
This also reminds me of verse 72, surah 33

"إنا عرضنا الأمانة على السماوات والأرض و الجبال فأبين أن يحملنها وأشفقن منها وحملها الإنسان إنه كان ظلوما جهولا"

We offered the trust to the heavens, the earth, and the mountains, yet they refused to undertake it and were afraid of it; mankind undertook it - they have always been inept and foolish