ذِكْرُ رَجَاءِ دُخُولِ الْجِنَّانِ لِلْمَرْءِ بِالْمُبَالَغَةِ فِي بِرِّ الْوَالِدِ

[Machine] Indeed, my wife is the daughter of my maternal aunt and I love her. However, my mother is commanding me to divorce her. He (the Prophet) said, "I do not command you to divorce her, and I do not command you to disobey your mother. But I will tell you something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed, the mother is the middle door of Paradise. So if you wish, hold on to her, and if you wish, let her go.'"  

إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي بِنْتُ عَمِّي وَأَنَا أُحِبُّهَا وَإِنَّ وَالِدَتِي تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَقَالَ لَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تُطَلِّقَهَا وَلَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَعْصِيَ وَالِدَتَكَ وَلَكِنْ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْوَالِدَةَ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَمْسِكْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَدَعْ  

[Machine] Indeed, my mother has always stood by me until I got married. And she told me to divorce her, but she insisted on that alone. So, I said, "I am not the one who orders you to disobey your mother nor am I the one who orders you to divorce your wife, except that if you wish, I can inform you of what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The parent is the middle gate of Paradise, so guard that gate if you wish or leave it.'"  

إِنَّ أُمِّي لَمْ تَزَلْ بِي حَتَّى تَزَوَّجْتُ وَإِنَّهَا تَأْمُرُنِي بِطَلَاقِهَا وَقَدْ أَبَتْ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا ذَاكَ فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَعُقَّ وَالِدَتَكَ وَلَا أَنَا الَّذِي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تُطَلِّقَ امْرَأَتَكَ غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَحَافِظْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْ أَضِعْهُ»