It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that when the flood of drowning came upon the people of Hazrat Nuh, it is said that there was a woman among those people who had a child with her. The narrator says: That woman lifted the child up to her waist. When the water reached her waist, she raised the child up to her chest, then when the water reached her chest, she lifted the child up to her breast. Allah Almighty said: If I were to have mercy on any of these people, I would have mercy on this woman, that is, because of her mercy towards the child.