BRANCHES OF FAITH
Kindness to Parents (Part 2)
- In in the Qur’an (15:23), Allah (swt) commands the believers to be kind with their parents immediately after commanding them with Tawheed (affirming his oneness).
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوۤا۟ إِلَّاۤ إِیَّاهُ وَبِٱلۡوَ ٰلِدَیۡنِ إِحۡسَـٰنًاۚ إِمَّا یَبۡلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلۡكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَاۤ أَوۡ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَاۤ أُفࣲّ وَلَا تَنۡهَرۡهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوۡلࣰا كَرِیمࣰا
Your Lord has decreed that you should worship none but Him, and that you be kind to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them as much as “uff”, and do not be harsh with them, but speak to them respectfully
Commentary on the above Verse:
When children are young, they take up all their parents’ vigour, health, effort and attention. But children soon forget all this and move ahead with life while neglecting them. This is the natural course of life. Thus parents do not need any encouragement to be kind to their children. It is the children who need to be reminded of their duty towards the generation that has become in need of tender care, after having spent most of its vitality in bringing them up.