Abu Abdur Rahman Salmi says that a man came to Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "My wife is my paternal uncle's daughter. I love her very much, but my mother orders me to divorce her." He replied, "I command you to divorce your wife and not to disobey your mother. However, I will tell you a hadith which I heard from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): 'The mother is the middle gate of Paradise; now if you wish, keep to it, or if you wish, leave it.'"