Kindness to Parents is an act of worship and Obligatory

 DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yawm Al-khamis, 25th day of Jumaad-athaani 1446AH, Thursday. 26th Dec. 2024).

*_Kindness to Parents is an act of worship and Obligatory_*. BismilLah.

ALLAH says, " Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but 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." - Surah Al Isra (17:23).

Brothers and sisters in Islam: ALLAH swt has ordained the good treatment of parents and warned us against treating them with disrespect. There are several verses in the Quran where kindness to parents is coupled with the most important aspect of Islam, i.e. worshipping ALLAH alone. This indicates that being kind to parents, honouring, and respecting them, is extremely important in Islam. Honouring parents can be considered as ‘*ibadah*’ an act of worship if the intention is to please ALLAH swt by obeying HIS commands not necessarily based on whether our parents took care of us or not.

ALLAH swt continues this verse by reminding us that parents deserve our kindness because they raised us with gentleness and often made great sacrifices for our wellbeing.  

ALLAH says in Surah Al Isra (17:24), And lower unto them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] young or little."

                                 

*_May ALLAH, AL-BAARI (The ONE who is the Originator of everything) aid us in our efforts to treat our Parents well for ALLAH sake regardless of how bad they treated you_*. Aameen.