The best deed before Allah We have advised the human being to be kind to his parents; his mother bore him with hardship and delivered hi...
The best deed before Allah
We have advised the human being to be kind to his parents; his mother bore him with hardship and delivered him while suffering a great deal of pain. The period in which his mother bore and weaned him lasted for thirty months. When he grew-up to manhood and became forty years old, he then said, "Lord, inspire me to give You thanks for the bounties you have granted to me and my parents, and to act righteously to please You. Lord, make my offspring virtuous. Lord I turn to you in repentance; I am a Muslim" (46:15).
These are the ones from whom We accept righteous deeds and ignore their bad deeds. They will be among the dwellers of Paradise. It is the true promise which was given to them (46:16). Surah Al - Ahqaf,
Status of Parents in Islam
(Concerning his parents), We advised the man, whose mother bears him with great pain and breast-feeds him for two years, to give thanks to Me first and then to them, to Me all things proceed Surah Luqman(31:14)
Utmost respect and veneration to Parents, after Allah
Your Lord has ordained that you must not worship anything other than Him and that you must be kind to your parents. If either or both of your parents should become advanced in age, do not express to them words which show your slightest disappointment. Never yell at them but always speak to them with kindness al-isra'(17:23).
Islam ranks the obedience to parents second only to God. The extend to which one has to regard his parents and obey them is peculiar only to Islam. None shall even raise his voice higher than the voice of his parents - nor look towards them even eye to eye - nor walk in advance of them - nor address them with their names. Nothing shall be done to bring disrepute or blame on them from the people and if they be believers, the children should pray for their salvation, and if they be disbeliever, they might be gently invited towards the right belief and goodness. If man cannot venerate the ones responsible in bringing him in this world, he will never be able to acknowledge truly the Only One Creator of all mankind
Prayer for one’s parents
- Be humble and merciful towards them and say, "Lord, have mercy upon them as they cherished me in my childhood."al-isra' (17:24)
- Surah Ibrahim, 14:41. Rab-ba-nagh-fir lii wa li-waa-li-day-ya walil-Mu’mi-niina Yawma yaquu-mul-Hisaab!
Lord, on the Day of Judgment, forgive me and my parents and all the believers." (14:41)
3. 71:28. Rab-bigh-fir lii wa liwaali-day-ya wa liman-dakhala bay-tiya Mu’-minaw wa lil-mu‘miniina wal mo‘minaat; wa laa tazidiz - zaalimiina ’il-laa tabaaraa!
Lord, forgive me, my parents, the believers who have entered my home and all believing men and women. Give nothing to the unjust but destruction (28
