Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
❀ Sayyidunā Kaʿb bin ʿUjrah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
✔ Its chain is ḥasan.
❀ Imām al-Ḥākim رحمه الله declared this ḥadīth ṣaḥīḥ al-isnād, and Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله also graded it ṣaḥīḥ.
❖ Question:
Is the maintenance (nafaqah) of elderly parents obligatory upon their children?✿ Answer:
When parents reach old age and become financially and physically dependent, it becomes obligatory upon the children to serve them and to take full care of all their basic needs. This is the true requirement of kindness and good conduct toward parents; otherwise, the children will be sinful.❀ Sayyidunā Kaʿb bin ʿUjrah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
مِنْبَرٌ لَائِيے۔
We brought the pulpit. When the Prophet ﷺ stepped onto the first step, he said Āmīn.
When he reached the second step, he said Āmīn.
When he climbed the third step, he again said Āmīn.
When he descended, we said: O Messenger of Allah! Today we heard something from you that we do not usually hear.
He ﷺ said: Jibrīl عليه السلام came to me and said:
① May he be destroyed who reaches Ramadan yet does not attain forgiveness. So I said Āmīn.
② Then he said: May he be destroyed in whose presence you are mentioned yet he does not send blessings upon you. So I said Āmīn.
③ Then he said: May he be destroyed who finds both of his parents, or one of them, in old age, yet they do not become a means for his entry into Paradise. So I again said Āmīn.
Reference: al-Mustadrak ʿala al-Ṣaḥīḥayn (al-Ḥākim): 4/153
✔ Its chain is ḥasan.
❀ Imām al-Ḥākim رحمه الله declared this ḥadīth ṣaḥīḥ al-isnād, and Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله also graded it ṣaḥīḥ.
