Reports on honoring parents

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No son can repay his father, unless he finds his father a slave, then buys him and sets him free."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which deed is the most virtuous?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Performing the prayer at its proper time." I asked: "Then which deed is most virtuous?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Treating parents with kindness."

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The father is the middle gate of Paradise; so if you wish, guard it, and if you wish, let it go to waste."

Hisham said that al-Hasan said: The mother's share of good treatment is equal to two-thirds, and the father's is equal to one-third.

Sayyiduna Abu Salamah al-Salami (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I enjoin a man regarding good treatment of his mother (three times); I enjoin a man regarding good treatment of his father; I enjoin a man regarding his mawla who is close to him, even if he suffers hurtful harm from him."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), tell me who among people has the most right to my good treatment." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, by your father! You will certainly be told: your mother has the most right." The man asked: "Then who?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your mother!" He asked: "Then who?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your father."

Umarah Abu Sa'id said: I asked al-Hasan: "What is the extreme limit of disobedience to parents?" He said: "That you deprive them, cut off relations with them, and cast an angry look at them. O Umarah, what kind of good treatment of them is that!"

Yunus bin Ubayd said: Paradise is hoped for the one burdened with sins because of his obedience to his parents, and Hell is feared for the devout worshipper because of his disobedience to his parents.

Al-Hasan said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Treating parents with kindness suffices in place of jihad."

Sa'd bin Mas'ud said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Any Muslim whose parents are alive and who reaches the morning treating them both kindly, Allah opens for him two gates of Paradise; and any Muslim who reaches the evening treating them both badly, Allah opens for him two gates of Hell. And when either one of them is displeased with him, Allah is not pleased with him until he pleases the displeased one. The narrator says: I asked: "Even if they are both unjust?" He said: "Yes, even if they are both unjust."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The disobedient one, the habitual drinker of wine, and the one who reminds others of his favours will not enter Paradise."

Mu'awiyah bin Ishaq said that Urwah bin al-Zubayr said: Whoever looks at his father with a harsh gaze has not been obedient to him.

Layth said that Mujahid explained the meaning of this verse as follows: The verse: "So do not say to them uff" [al-Isra: 23]: When the two of them reach such old age that he must attend to them as they used to attend to him in childhood, do not say "uff" to them.

Muhammad bin Talhah bin Mu'awiyah bin Jahimah al-Sulami reports that his father said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I want to go with you for jihad in the path of Allah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is your mother alive?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to her feet (serve her), for Paradise is there."

Hisham bin Urwah reports that his father, Urwah bin al-Zubayr, explained this verse as follows: The verse: "So do not say to them uff" [al-Isra: 23], translation: Do not say so much as "uff" to them. He said: This means that when the two of them intend to do something, or there is something they like, do not hold them back from it.

Maymun bin Abi Shabib said: Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "What is the right of a father over his child?" He said: "Even if you were to leave your family and your wealth for them, you would not have fulfilled their right."

Shu'bah said: It was only Mansur bin Zadhan who narrated it to me from al-Hakam.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who is undutiful to his parents, the habitual drinker of wine and the one who reminds others of his favours will not enter Paradise."