Wisdom of The Holy Prophet — Page 14
14 PARENTS Thy Lord has decreed that you worship none save Him alone, and behave beneficiently towards parents. If either or both of them should attain old age while you are alive, say not "Ugh" to them, nor chide them, and speak kindly to them. Lower to them the wing of humility out of tenderness and pray: Lord have mercy upon them, as they brought me up when I was little. (17. 25. ) * * * The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) said: 1. Be beneficent towards your parents and your children will be beneficent towards you; be chaste yourself and your women will be chaste. 2. He who casts an angry look at his father has failed in beneficence towards him. · 3. The two greatest liars are: a poet who defames a whole people, and a man who disowns his father. 4, Paradise lies under the feet of the mother. 5. It is part of virtue to befriend your father's friends. 6. A man asked the Holy Prophet (pe-c1ce be on him): Who has the prior claim on my duty? He answered: Thy mother. And after her? Thy mother. And thereafter? Thy mother. And then? Thy father and after him other kindred according to their degree of kinship. 7. A man came to the Holy Prophet (peace be on him) and asked for permission to join an expedition. Are your parents alive? enquired the Holy Prophet (peace be on him). Yes, replied the man. Then look after them; that is striving enough for you. 8. A man of the Ansar asked the Holy Prophet (peace be on him): Do I owe a duty to my parents after their death? The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) made answer: Indeed yes, in fpur respects: that you should pray for Allah's forgiveness for them and call down His blessings upon them, that you should carry out whatever they undertook to do. that you should honour their friends, and that you should