Honouring one’s parents is one of the greatest means of drawing close to Allah and one of the best acts of obedience. It is an important right that they are given in Islamic sharee’ah, so much so that Allah has mentioned obedience to parents alongside obedience to Him, and theirrights alongside His rights, in more than one place in His Book (interpretation of the meaning):“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents” [al-Isra 17:23]“We have instructed man to honour his parents.” [al-Ankaboot 29:8]This is indicative of the importance of honouring one’s parents and treating them well.Honouring one’s parents means obeying them, respecting them, praying for them, lowering one’s voice in their presence, smiling at them, lowering the wing of humility to them, not showing displeasure towards them, striving to serve them, fulfilling their wishes, consulting them, listening to what they say, not being stubborn towards them and respecting their friends both during their lifetime and after they have died.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:54:19 +0000
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