According to a hadîth he has said, "Do good to and serve your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then the near relatives and then those who come after them."
Yi ri: "Vana, yingisani vatswari va n'wina evun'weni ni Hosi, hikuva leswi swi lulamile: 'Xixima tata wa wena ni mana wa wena'; ku nga xileriso xo sungula lexi nga ni xitshembiso: 'Leswaku swi ku fambela kahle ni leswaku u tshama nkarhi wo leha emisaveni.'"