Preface

Introduction

Treatment of Parents according to the Noble Qur’an

The Ahadith, The Traditions

1.  The Greatest Obligatory Act

2. The Best of Deeds

3. Attachment to Parents

4. The Most Beloved Deed

5. Looking at Parents

6. The Great Rank of Parents

7.  Kindness to Parents

8. Obedience Towards One’s Parents 

9. The Most Exalted Station 

10.  Repayment Of Debts  

11.  Pleasing Parents 

12.  Sheltered by the ‘Arsh (Throne) of Allah

13. Travel and be Good!

14. Increase in Life and Livelihood 

15. Benefits of Kindness to Parents 

16. First and Foremost: be Good to your Mother 

17.  As You Sow so Shall You Reap!

18.  The Rights of the Father

19. Worship in Looking

20. Meaning of Good Conduct 

21. Responsibilities Towards One’s Parents

22. On Behalf of Parents 

23.  Evil Parents And Kindness

24. Polytheist Parents

25. Visiting the Graves of Parents 

26.  Kindness to Parents and Paradise

27.  A Stern Look 

28. A Hateful Look 

29. Making the Parents Sad  

30. The Imam’s Displeasure  

31. Quarrelling with One’s Father  

32. Fragrance of Paradise

33. No Entry into Paradise!

34. Allah Shall Not Exhibit Mercy Upon Them!

35. Chastisement in This World

36. The Grave Sin

37. Wretchedness 

38. Perdition 

39. Acts without Benefits 

40. Forgiveness of Sins 

Detailed commentary on 40 selected traditions narrated through the
Prophet [s] and his Ahl al-Bayt [a] on the topic of Parents.


Forty Ahadith on Parents

30. The Imam’s Displeasure  
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عن أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبِي نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَ مَعَهُ
ابْنُهُ يَمْشِي وَ الإِبْنُ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى ذِرَاعِ الأََبِ قَالَ
فَمَا كَلَّمَهُ أَبِي (ع) مَقْتاً لَهُ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا.
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Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (peace be upon him) relates: “Once my father saw
a person and his son walking together.  As they walked, the son was
leaning against the arm of his father.  (This act of the son was so
abhorrent and infuriating to my father that) he (peace be upon him)
never spoke to him throughout his life.”

Biharul Anwar, Volume 74, Page 64


