Treatment of Parents as per

Quran & Hadith

HOLY QURAN
SAHIH INTERNATIONAL’S TRANSLATION

2: 83. And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not
worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to
people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakah." Then you turned away, except a few
of you, and you were refusing.

2: 215. They ask you, [O Muúammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good i s [to
be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good –
indeed, Allah is Knowing of it."

4: 36. Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans,
the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and
those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and
boastful,

6:151. Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He
commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good
treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and
them. And do not approach immoralities – what is apparent of them and what is
concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by
[legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."

14:41. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account
is established."

17: 23. And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him,and to parents, good treatment.
Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do
not repel them but speak to them a noble word.

19: 14. And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

29:8. And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate
with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform
you about what you used to do.(Only time when we can disobey them still deal them with kindness)

31:14. And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in
weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me
is the [final] destination.

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31:15. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not
obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who
turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used
to do.

46: 15. And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with
hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He
grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable
me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work
righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have
repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."

FROM HADITHS
Sahih Al-Bukhari
1.505:
Narrated `Abdullah: I asked the Prophet "Which deed is the dearest to Allah?" He
replied, "To offer the prayers at their early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is the
next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To be good and dutiful to your parents" I again
asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, 'To participate in Jihad
(religious fighting) in Allah's cause." `Abdullah added, "I asked only that much and if
I had asked more, the Prophet would have told me more."

2.467:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Every child is born with a true faith of
Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism
or Christianity or Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you
find it mutilated?"

3.821:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet was asked about the great sins He said, "They are:−−
(1) To join others in worship with Allah,
(2) To be undutiful to one's parents.

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 (3) To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commit the crime of
murdering).
(4) And to give a false witness."

4.248:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: A man came to the Prophet asking his permission to
take part in Jihad. The Prophet asked him, "Are your parents alive?" He replied in
the affirmative. The Prophet said to him, "Then exert yourself in their service."

8.1:
Narrated Al−Walid bin 'Aizar: I heard Abi `Amr 'Ash−Shaibani saying, "The owner of
this house." he pointed to `Abdullah's house, "said, 'I asked the Prophet 'Which
deed is loved most by Allah?" He replied, 'To offer prayers at their early (very first)
stated times.' " `Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" The Prophet
said, "To be good and dutiful to one's parents," `Abdullah asked, "What is the next
(in goodness)?" The Prophet said, To participate in Jihad for Allah's Cause."
`Abdullah added, "The Prophet narrated to me these three things, and if I had asked
more, he would have told me more

8.4:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle said. "It is one of the greatest sins that
a man should curse his parents." It was asked (by the people), "O Allah's Apostle!
How does a man curse his parents?" The Prophet said, "'The man abuses the father
of another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his
mother."

Sahih Muslim
Bk 32, Number 6180:
Abu Huraira reported that a person came to Allah, 's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and said: Who among the people is most deserving of a fine treatment
from my hand? He said: Your mother. He again said: Then who (is the next one)? He
said: Again it is your mother (who deserves the best treatment from you). He said:
Then who (is the next one)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Again, it is your mother. He
(again) said: Then who? Thereupon he said: Then it is your father. In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Qutalba, there is no mention of the word" the
people".

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Bk 32, Number 6186:
Yazid b. Abu Habib reported that Na'im, the freed slave of Umm Salama, reported to
him that 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As said: There came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) a person and said: I owe allegiance to you for migration and Jihad
seeking reward only from Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is
one from amongst your parents living? He said: Yes, of course, both are living. He
further asked: Do you want to seek reward from Allah? He said: Yes. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Go back to your parents and
accord them benevolent treatment.

Bk 32, Number 6189:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him
be humbled into dust; let him be humbled into dust. It was said: Allah's Messenger,
who is he? He said: He who sees either of his parents during their old age or he sees
both of them, but he does not enter Paradise.

Bk 33, Number 6426:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: No
babe is born but upon Fitra. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a
Polytheist. A person said: Allah's Messenger, what is your opinion if they were to die
before that (before reaching the age of adolescence when they can distinguish
between right and wrong)? He said: It is Allah alone Who knows what they would be
doing.

Sunnah Abu Daud

Book 8, Number 1448:
Narrated Mu'adh al−Juhani: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone
recites the Qur'an and acts according to its contents, on the Day of Judgment his
parents will be given to wear a crown whose light is better than the light of the sun
in the dwellings of this world if it were among you. So what
do you think of him who acts according to his.

Book 14, Number 2524:

Narrated AbuSa'id al−Khudri: A man emigrated to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) from the Yemen. He asked (him): Have you anyone (of your
relatives) in the Yemen? He replied: My parents. He asked: Did they permit you? He
replied: No. He said: Go back to them and ask for their permission. If they permit
you, then fight (in the path of Allah), otherwise be devoted to them.

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Book 41, Number 5123:
Narrated AbuUsayd Malik ibn Rabi'ah as−Sa'idi: While we were with the Apostle of
Allah! (peace_be_upon_him) a man of Banu Salmah came to Him and said: Apostle
of Allah is there any kindness left that I can do to my parents after their death? He
replied: Yes, you can invoke blessings on them, forgiveness for them, carry out their
final instructions after their death, join ties of relationship which are dependent on
them, and honour their friends

-:THE END:-

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