Hadith on Parents in Islam
Discover the majestic rank of parents in Islam, where serving them is elevated above voluntarily fighting in the path of Allah.
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قَالَ: رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِحُسْنِ الصَّحَابَةِ؟ قَالَ: «أُمُّكَ». قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: «أُمُّكَ». قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: «أُمُّكَ». قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: «أَبُوكَ»
A man asked: "O Messenger of Allah, who among the people is most deserving of my good companionship?" He said: "Your mother." The man asked: "Then who?" He said: "Your mother." He asked: "Then who?" He said: "Your mother." He asked: "Then who?" He said: "Then your father."
SAHIH BUKHARI 5971
رَغِمَ أَنْفُ، ثُمَّ رَغِمَ أَنْفُ، ثُمَّ رَغِمَ أَنْفُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ أَبَوَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْكِبَرِ أَحَدَهُمَا أَوْ كِلَيْهِمَا فَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ
"May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced!" It was said: "Who, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The one who finds his parents in their old age, one or both of them, and he does not enter Paradise (by serving them)."
SAHIH MUSLIM 2551
رِضَا الرَّبِّ فِي رِضَا الْوَالِدِ وَسَخَطُ الرَّبِّ فِي سَخَطِ الْوَالِدِ
"The Lord's pleasure is in the parent's pleasure, and the Lord's anger is in the parent's anger."
TIRMIDHI 1899
الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَضِعْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ أَوْ احْفَظْهُ
"The father is the middle door of Paradise. So it is up to you whether you lose that door or protect it."
TIRMIDHI 1900
أَلَكَ وَالِدَانِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ
A man came to the Prophet asking permission to join military expedition. The Prophet asked: "Are your parents alive?" He replied: "Yes." The Prophet said: "Then exert yourself in their service (that is your Jihad)."
SAHIH BUKHARI 3004
إِلْزَمْ رِجْلَهَا فَثَمَّ الْجَنَّةُ
A man asked the Prophet for advice about going to war. The Prophet asked if his mother was alive. The man said yes. The Prophet said: "Stay with her, for Paradise is beneath her feet."
SUNAN AN-NASAI 3104
Duties Toward Parents
Never Saying "Uff"
Allah strictly commands in the Quran (17:23) that when parents reach old age, one must not even say "Uff" (a sound of mild frustration) to them, nor repel them, but speak to them a noble word.
Making Dua For Them
The duty to parents does not end when they die. The Prophet ﷺ said that when a person dies, their deeds end except for three things, one of which is: "a righteous child who prays for them."
Maintaining Their Friends
One of the highest forms of honoring parents after they pass away is maintaining ties with their relatives and showing kindness to the friends they used to love.
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