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TRADITIONS FAVORING PARENTS
The Commander
of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS)
said “Goodness towards parents
is the greatest obligatory acts”
Imam Jafer
al-Sadiq (AS) said “The best
deeds are: Salat in its
stipulated hour, goodness
towards your parents and Jihad
in the way of Allah”
A person
approached the Holy Prophet (S)
and said that his parents were
old and much attached to him and
did not approve of him going for
Jihad, the Prophet (S) replied
“Stay with your parents, for
their attachment of one day and
one night is better than one
year of Jihad”
The Holy
Prophet (S) said “Every
righteous child who casts a look
of mercy and affection upon his
parents shall be granted, for
every look of his, rewards
equivalent to that of an
accepted Hajj”
Imam Ali al-Riza
(AS) said, “Allah has commanded
three things with which He had
associated three other things.
He associated payment of zakaat
along with prayers such that one
who offers prayers but desists
from offering zakaat, his
prayers is rejected. He
associated gratitude to Him with
gratitude towards parents such
that one, who is grateful to
Allah, but ungrateful to his
parents, will be deemed as
ungrateful to Allah. He
associated righteousness with
bonds of kinship such that one
who is righteous, but has
severed relations with kin, will
be deemed as not being
righteous”
Imam Jafer
al-Sadiq (AS) said “Goodness
towards parents is an indication
of a person’s excellent
cognizance of Allah. This is
because there is no worship that
can take a person towards
happiness of Allah faster than
exhibiting respect towards his
Muslim parents.”
The Holy
Prophet (S) said “One, who
follows the orders of Allah with
regards to obeying parents,
shall have two doors of
Paradiseopened up for him. And
if there has to be only one
parent, one door of Paradisewill
be opened for him.”
He(S) further
said “One who is obedient
towards his parents and the
Lord, shall be accommodated in
the most exalted of place on the
Day of Judgment”
He(S) also
said “One who performs Hajj on
behalf of his parents and repays
their debts shall be raised by
Allah on the Day of Judgment
amongst the righteous ones”
He (S) said
“One who pleases his parents has
verily pleased Allah and one who
has angered his parents has
verily angered Allah”
He (S) added
“One who desires a long life and
increase in sustenance should
exhibit goodness towards his
parents and establish bonds of
kinship”
Once a man
approached the Holy Prophet (S)
and asked“Towards whom should I
exhibit goodness and kindness?”
The Holy Prophet (S) replied
“Towards your mother”
The man asked
“And after that towards whom?”
He (S) replied“Towards your
mother”
He asked once
again “And then?” He (S) replied
“Your mother”For the fourth time
he enquired the Holy Prophet (S)
replied “Your father”
The Noble
Prophet (S) said “Be good
towards your parents and your
children will be good towards
you. And look up on the women of
other folks with purity (in
conduct and intention) and your
women folks will be looked upon
with purity”
Imam Ali al-Riza
(AS) relates that a man enquired
about rights of father upon his
son,
the Holy
Prophet replied “ He should not
call his father by name, he
should not walk ahead of him, he
should not sit until his father
has seated himself and he should
not do such acts as a result of
which people abuses his father”
The Noble
Prophet (S) said “The look of a
child towards his parents out of
love for them is an act of
worship”
Once a man
enquired about the phrase “be
good to parents” as appeared in
the Holy Qur’an, Imam Jafer al-Sadiq
(AS) replied “Being good to them
means to accompany them in a
good manner and never to wait
for them to ask you for what
they need”
He (AS)
further said “Do not cast your
gaze upon them except with love
and compassion; do not raise
your voice above them; do not
raise your hands above them; do
not walk ahead of them”
He (AS) added
“Allah shall not accept the
prayers of a person who looks at
his parents with hatred, even if
they have been unfair to him”
The Holy
Prophet (S) said “Who ever
visits the graves of his parents
every Friday, Allah shall
forgive his sins and shall
regard him as one of those who
had been kind to his parents”
The Commander
of the Faithful (AS) said “One
who causes his parents to become
sad has indeed been disowned by
them”
The Noble
Prophet (S) said“There are three
sins, the punishments of which
are hastened and not deferred
for the hereafter: disownments
by one’s parents; committing
oppression upon the people and
ingratitude with respect to
kindness”
Imam Jafer
al-Sadiq (AS) said“Becoming
disowned by one’s parents is one
of the Great Sins. This is
because Allah the Glorious has
termed such a person as
disobedient and wretched”
Imam Jafer
al-Sadiq(AS) relates“ Once the
Messenger of Allah approached a
youth who was at the verge of
dying and said to him “ Say
there is no God but Allah” but
the youth’s tongue appeared to
be tied and could not speak.
When this happened many times,
the Prophet(S) enquired a lady
standing near the youth “Does
this youth have a mother?” The
lady replied “Yes, I am his
mother”. The Prophet (S) asked
“Are you angry with him?” She
replied “Yes, I have not spoken
to him for the last 6 years”.
Hearing this he(S) said “Be
pleased with him”. She agreed
and said”O Prophet of Allah, for
the sake of your pleasure may
Allah be pleased with him”.Then
turning to the youth, he(S)
said”Say, there is no God except
Allah” This time the youth was
able to recite the words, and
shortly afterwards his soul
departed his body.
Imam Ali Zain-ul-Abedin
(AS) relates “Once a person
approached the Messenger of
Allah and said” O Prophet of
Allah! I have committed every
known evil act. Is there a
chance that I may be forgiven?”
The Messenger enquired “Are any
of your parents alive?” The man
replied “My father”. He (S) said
“Go and be good and kind to him”
When he left, the Messenger
muttered “If only his mother had
been alive”
Following
books have been consulted:
Mizanul Hikmah, Biharul Anwar, Kanzul
Ummal, and Al-Kafi |
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