✅ Please pay attention to a part of the verses and narrations regarding the rights of parents and the condemnation of 'uquq' to parents:

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی : وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا

And your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship except Him, and to parents, you shall be kind. Whether one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say 'uff' to them, and do not shout at them and do not speak harshly to them, but speak to them with a noble word.

وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

And out of kindness, lower to them the wings of humility and submissiveness, and say: 'My Lord, have mercy upon them as they raised me when I was small!'

📚Surah Al-Isra, verses 23 and 24

1 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي الحسن قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ كُنْ بَارّاً وَ اقْتَصُرْ عَلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ عَاقّاً فَاقْتَصُرْ عَلَى النَّارِ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 348

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'Be a doer of good (to parents) and suffice with Paradise, and if you are undutiful (meaning harming and disobeying parents), suffice with the fire of Hell!'

2 عَنْ حَدِيدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: أَدْنَى الْعُقُوقِ أُفٍّ وَ لَوْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ شَيْئاً أَهْوَنَ مِنْهُ لَنَهَى عَنْهُ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 348

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'The least of 'uquq' is saying 'uff' (to parents), and if Allah knew of something lighter than that, He would have forbidden it!'

3 عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ كُشِفَ غِطَاءٌ مِنْ أَغْطِيَةِ الْجَنَّةِ فَوَجَدَ رِيحَهَا مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ رُوحٌ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ إِلَّا صِنْفٌ وَاحِدٌ قُلْتُ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ الْعَاقُّ لِوَالِدَيْهِ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 348

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'When the Day of Resurrection comes, a cover from the covers of Paradise will be lifted, and everyone who has a soul will smell the scent of Paradise from a distance of 500 years, except for one group!'

I said: 'Who are they?!' He said: 'The one who is undutiful to his parents!'

4 عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي بِرٍّ بَرٌّ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ الرَّجُلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَهُ بِرٌّ وَ إِنَّ فَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عُقُوقٍ عُقُوقاً حَتَّى يَقْتُلَ الرَّجُلُ أَحَدَ وَالِدَيْهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَهُ عُقُوقٌ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 53

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'Above every doer of good, there is a good deed until the person is killed in the way of Allah, for when he is killed in the way of Allah, there is no good deed higher than that!'

And indeed, above every doer of 'uquq', there is an 'uquq' until the person kills one of his parents, for when he does that, there is no 'uquq' higher than that!

5 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّه فِي كَلَامٍ لَهُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ عُقُوقَ الْوَالِدَيْنِ فَإِنَّ رِيحَ الْجَنَّةِ يُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَلْفِ عَامٍ وَ لَا يَجِدُهَا عَاقٌّ وَ لَا قَاطِع رَحِم وَ لَا شَيْخٌ زَانٍ وَ لَا جَارٌّ إِزَارَهُ خُيَلَاءَ إِنَّمَا الْكِبْرِيَاءُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 349

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said in a saying: 'Beware of 'uquq' (disobedience and harming and abandoning kindness) to parents, for the scent of Paradise is found from a distance of 1000 years, and the undutiful person, nor the one who severs ties of kinship, nor the fornicating old man, nor the one who drags his garment on the ground out of arrogance, will not find the scent of Paradise! Indeed, greatness belongs to the Lord of the worlds!'

6 عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي الْبِلَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: لَوْ عَلِمُ اللَّهُ شَيْئاً أَدْنَى مِنْ أُفٍّ لَنَهَى عَنْهُ وَ هُوَ مِنْ أَدْنَى الْعُقُوقِ وَ مِنَ الْعُقُوقِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَيُحِدَّ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 349

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'If Allah had known of something less than 'uff', He would have forbidden it, and this is from the least of 'uquq'. And from 'uquq' is for a person to look at his parents and stare at them sharply!'

7 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبِي نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَ مَعَهُ ابْنُهُ يَمْشِي وَ الِابْنُ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى ذِرَاعِ الْأَبِ قَالَ فَمَا كَلَّمَهُ أَبِي مَقْتاً لَهُ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 349

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'My father saw a man whose son was walking with him, and the son was leaning on the father's hand, so my father, out of great anger towards that son, did not speak to him until he died!'

8 عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا حَقُّ الْوَالِدِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ قَالَ لَا يُسَمِّيهِ بِاسْمِهِ وَ لَا يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ لَا يَجْلِسُ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا يَسْتَسِبُّ لَهُ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 158

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) said: 'A man asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): 'What is the right of a father over his son?' He said: 'He does not call him by name, does not walk in front of him, does not sit before him, and does not create insults for him!'

9 عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي قَدْ كَبِرَ جِدّاً وَ ضَعُفَ فَنَحْنُ نَحْمِلُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْحَاجَةَ فَقَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَلِيَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ فَافْعَلْ وَ لَقِّمْهُ بِيَدِكَ فَإِنَّهُ جُنَّةٌ لَكَ غَداً.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 162

Ibrahim ibn Shu'ayb said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'My father has become truly old and weak, and we carry him when he has a need!' The Imam said: 'If you can take on this task yourself, do so and put a morsel in his mouth with your own hand, for tomorrow (on the Day of Resurrection) it will be a shield for you!'

10 عَنْ علي بن أبي طالب قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ : مَنْ أَحْزَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ فَقَدْ عَقَّهُمَا

📚Al-Ja'fariyat, p. 187.

Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'Whoever saddens his parents, has indeed become undutiful!' (He has harmed them)

1 1 عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا : أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ الْوَالِدَيْنِ فَقَالَ هُمَا اللَّذَانِ قَالَ اللَّهُ وَ قَضى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَ بِالْوالِدَيْنِ إِحْساناً

📚Tafsir Al-Ayyashi, Vol. 2, p. 284, hadith 36.

Abu Basir narrated from one of the two Imams, Baqir or Sadiq (peace be upon them), that the Imam mentioned parents and said: 'They are the two whom Allah (in Surah Al-Isra, verse 23) said about: 'And your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship except Him and to parents be kind and do good!''

2 1 عَنْ أَبِي وَلَّادٍ الْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَ وَ بِالْوالِدَيْنِ إِحْساناً فَقَالَ الْإِحْسَانُ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ صُحْبَتَهُمَا وَ لَا تُكَلِّفَهُمَا أَنْ يَسْأَلَاكَ شَيْئاً هُمَا يَحْتَاجَانِ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَا مُسْتَغْنِيَيْنِ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ لَنْ تَنالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُما أَوْ كِلاهُما فَلا تَقُلْ لَهُما أُفٍ قَالَ إِنْ أَضْجَرَاكَ فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍ وَ لا تَنْهَرْهُما إِنْ ضَرَبَاكَ قَالَ وَ قُلْ لَهُما قَوْلًا كَرِيماً قَالَ يَقُولُ لَهُمَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا فَذَلِكَ مِنْكَ قَوْلٌ كَرِيمٌ قَالَ وَ اخْفِضْ لَهُما جَناحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ قَالَ لَا تَمْلَأَ عَيْنَيْكَ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِمَا إِلَّا بِرَحْمَةٍ وَ رِقَّةٍ وَ لَا تَرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ فَوْقَ أَصْوَاتِهِمَا وَ لَا يَدَيْكَ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمَا وَ لَا تَتَقَدَّمْ قُدَّامَهُمَا

📚Tafsir Al-Ayyashi, Vol. 2, p. 285, hadith 39

Abu Walad said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, which says: 'And be kind to parents'; he said: 'Kindness is that you keep good company with them and do not make them ask you for something they need, even if they are self-sufficient. Has not Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, said: 'You will never attain true piety until you spend from what you love?''

Then Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'As for the divine saying which says: 'If one or both of them reach old age with you, then do not say 'uff' to them,' he said: (Meaning) if they make you angry and upset, do not say 'uff' to them, and if they hit you, do not shout at them and do not chase them away, and 'speak to them with a noble word' means: you say to them: 'May Allah forgive you,' this is a noble word from you!'

He says: 'And lower to them the wings of humility out of mercy.' He said: (Meaning) do not fill your eyes with looking at them except with kindness and compassion, and do not raise your voice above their voice and your hand above their hand and do not walk in front of them!

3 1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَیَکُونُ بَارّاً بِوَالِدَیْهِ فِی حَیَاتِهِمَا ثُمَّ یَمُوتَانِ فَلَا یَقْضِی عَنْهُمَا الدَّیْنَ وَ لَا یَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُمَا فَیَکْتُبُهُ اللَّهُ عَاقّاً وَ إِنَّهُ لَیَکُونُ فِی حَیَاتِهِمَا غَیْرَ بَارٍّ بِهِمَا فَإِذَا مَاتَا قَضَی عَنْهُمَا الدَّیْنَ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمَا فَیَکْتُبُهُ اللَّهُ بَارّاً قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ یَزِیدَ اللَّهُ فِی عُمُرِکَ فَسُرَّ أَبَوَیْکَ وَ قَالَ الْبِرُّ یَزِیدُ فِی الرِّزْقِ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 417

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'Indeed, a servant is a doer of good to his parents during their lifetime, then they pass away, and the (son) does not pay the debts of his parents and does not seek forgiveness for them, so Allah writes him down as undutiful to his parents. And perhaps a son is not a doer of good to his parents during their lifetime, but when his parents pass away, he pays their debts and seeks forgiveness from Allah for them, and as a result, Allah writes him down as a doer of good to his parents. And Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'If you love for Allah to increase your life, make your parents happy,' and he said: 'Goodness and kindness increase sustenance!'

4 1 عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ قَالَ کَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ یُصَلِّی عَنْ وَلَدِهِ کُلَّ لَیْلَةٍ رَکْعَتَیْنِ وَ عَنْ وَالِدَیْهِ فِی کُلِّ یَوْمٍ رَکْعَتَیْنِ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ کَیْفَ صَارَ لِلْوَلَدِ اللَّیْلُ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْفِرَاشَ لِلْوَلَدِ قَالَ وَ کَانَ یَقْرَأُ فِیهِمَا إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِی لَیْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ إِنَّا أَعْطَیْنَاکَ الْکَوْثَرَ

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 467

Omar ibn Yazid said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs every night for his (deceased) child and two rak'ahs every day for his parents. I said: 'May I be sacrificed for you; why is it at night for the child?' He said: 'Because the bed is for the child,' and the Imam used to recite Surah Al-Qadr and Al-Kawthar in these two rak'ahs.

5 1 عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ثَلَاثٌ لَا عُذْرَ لِأَحَدٍ فِيهَا أَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ إِلَى الْبَرِّ وَ الْفَاجِرِ وَ الْوَفَاءُ بِالْعَهْدِ لِلْبَرِّ وَ الْفَاجِرِ وَ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ بَرَّيْنِ كَانَا أَوْ فَاجِرَيْن

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 132

Hamdani said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) say: 'There are three things for which no one has an excuse: fulfilling a trust to the good and the evil, fulfilling a promise to the good and the evil, and being kind to parents, whether they are good or evil!'

6 1 عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا أَدْعُو لِوَالِدَيَّ إِذَا كَانَا لَا يَعْرِفَانِ الْحَقَّ قَالَ ادْعُ لَهُمَا وَ تَصَدَّقْ عَنْهُمَا وَ إِنْ كَانَا حَيَّيْنِ لَا يَعْرِفَانِ الْحَقَّ فَدَارِهِمَا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ لَا بِالْعُقُوقِ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 159

Mu'ammar said: I said to Imam Rida (peace be upon him): 'If my parents did not have knowledge of the truth, should I pray for them?' The Imam said: 'Pray for them and give charity on their behalf, and if they are alive and do not know the truth, be gentle with them, for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'Indeed, Allah has sent me as a mercy, not for 'uquq' (haring and disobeying parents)!'

7 1 عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي أَبَوَيْنِ مُخَالِفَيْنِ فَقَالَ بَرَّهُمَا كَمَا تَبَرُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِمَّنْ يَتَوَلَّانَا

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 162

Translation: Jabir said: I heard a man saying to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'I have parents who are opponents'; the Imam said: 'Be kind and do good to them just as you would be kind and do good to Muslims who have our 'walayah' (love and loyalty)!'

8 1 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَبَوَيْهِ نَظَرَ مَاقِتٍ لَهُمَا وَ هُمَا ظَالِمَانِ لَهُ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ صَلَاة

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 349

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'Anyone who looks at his parents with anger and wrath, (even) when they have wronged him, Allah does not accept any prayer from him.'

9 1 عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ مَنِ الَّذِي أُجْبَرُ عَلَيْهِ وَ تَلْزَمُنِي نَفَقَتُهُ قَالَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَ الْوَلَدُ وَ الزَّوْجَةُ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 4, p. 13

Hariz said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'Who are the people I am obligated to provide for and upon me is necessary?' The Imam said: 'Parents and children and a spouse.'

20 عَنِ الرِّضَا فِي كِتَابِهِ إِلَى الْمَأْمُونِ قَالَ: وَ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَاجِبٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَا مُشْرِكَيْنِ وَ لَا طَاعَةَ لَهُمَا فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ وَ لَا لِغَيْرِهِمَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ

📚Uyun Akhbar al-Rida, Vol. 2, p. 124

Imam Rida (peace be upon him) wrote in his letter to Ma'mun, may he be cursed: 'Kindness to parents is obligatory even if they are polytheists, but in disobedience to the Creator, there is no obedience to them or to others, for in disobeying the Creator, there is no obedience for the created.'

1 2 عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ أَكْبَرُ فَرِيضَةٍ:

📚Ghurar al-Hikam, Vol. 1, p. 343, hadith 2.

The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: 'Kindness to parents is the greatest obligation!'

2 2 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا یَمْنَعُ الرَّجُلَ مِنْکُمْ أَنْ یَبَرَّ وَالِدَیْهِ حَیَّیْنِ وَ مَیِّتَیْنِ یُصَلِّی عَنْهُمَا وَ یَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهُمَا وَ یَحُجُّ عَنْهُمَا وَ یَصُومُ عَنْهُمَا فَیَکُونُ الَّذِی صَنَعَ لَهُمَا وَ لَهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِکَ فَیَزِیدُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِبِرِّهِ وَ صِلَتِهِ خَیْراً کَثِیراً

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 159

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'What prevents you from being kind to your parents during their lifetime and after their death? Pray on their behalf and give charity on their behalf and perform Hajj for them and fast, for as a result of these actions you do, it will be for them and it will be like it for the person himself, and Allah will increase for him much good because of his kindness and connection.'

3 2 عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَ یَجْزِی الْوَلَدُ الْوَالِدَ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا فِی خَصْلَتَیْنِ یَجِدُهُ مَمْلُوکاً فَیَشْتَرِیهِ فَیُعْتِقُهُ أَوْ یَکُونُ عَلَیْهِ دَیْنٌ فَیَقْضِیهِ عَنْهُ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 163

Sadiri said: I said to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): 'Can a child repay his father? (Can he compensate for his efforts?)' The Imam said: 'No, except with two things: one is that his father is a slave and the child buys him and frees him, or that his father is in debt and the child pays his debt.'

4 2 عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ صِهْرٌ لِي إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي إِنَّ أَبِي نَاصِبٌ خَبِيثُ الرَّأْيِ وَ قَدْ لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ شِدَّةً وَ جَهْداً فَرَأْيُكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ لِي وَ مَا تَرَى جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ فَتَرَى أَنْ أُكَاشِفَهُ أَمْ أُدَارِيَهُ فَكَتَبَ قَدْ فَهِمْتُ كِتَابَكَ وَ مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أَبِيكَ وَ لَسْتُ أَدَعُ الدُّعَاءَ لَكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ الْمُدَارَاةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الْمُكَاشَفَةِ وَ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرٌ فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ الْعاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ثَبَّتَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَى وَلَايَةِ مَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ نَحْنُ وَ أَنْتُمْ فِي وَدِيعَةِ اللَّهِ الَّتِي لَا تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ قَالَ بَكْرٌ فَعَطَفَ اللَّهُ بِقَلْبِ أَبِيهِ حَتَّى صَارَ لَا يُخَالِفُهُ فِي شَيْءٍ

📚Amali al-Mufid, p. 191, hadith 20

Bakr ibn Salih said: My son-in-law wrote to Imam Jawad (peace be upon him): 'Indeed, my father is a 'Nasibi' (an enemy of the Ahl al-Bayt) and has evil views, and I have received a lot of hardship and harm from him! So, may I be sacrificed for you! What is your opinion regarding praying for me?'

And, may I be sacrificed for you! What do you see as best for me: should I openly show enmity to him and stand against him or should I be gentle with him?

The Imam wrote: 'I have understood your letter and what you mentioned about your father's situation, and if Allah wills, I will not stop praying for you, and being gentle with him is better for you than showing enmity, and with hardship there is ease, so be patient, for indeed the end is for the righteous!'

May Allah keep you firm on the 'walayah' of those whose 'walayah' you have. We and you are in the trust of Allah who does not waste His trusts.

Bakr said: 'Then Allah made his father's heart compassionate towards him in such a way that he did not oppose him in anything!'

✅In the verses of the Qur'an and the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them), there are numerous recommendations to be kind to parents and a severe prohibition of 'uquq' (haring and disobeying) to parents. And considering that one of the tribulations of the end of time mentioned in the narrations is 'uquq' to parents, we must be careful not to fall into this tribulation and by studying the narrations on the rights of parents and striving to act upon them and praying for success in doing so, we should record ourselves among those who are kind to their parents and save ourselves from 'uquq' to parents and its very dangerous consequences.

✅Let's not neglect reciting the 24th supplication of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, which is the most comprehensive existing supplication regarding parents.

✅At the end, we dedicate this part of the supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali, which is narrated from Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), to all believers so that they may benefit from reciting it at various times such as in the 'qunut' (supplication in prayer) and 'sujud' (prostration) and so on, if Allah wills.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اغْفِرْ لِی وَ لِوالِدَیَّ وَ ارْحَمْهُما کَما رَبَّیانِی صَغِیراً وَ اجْزِهِمَا بِالْإِحْسَانِ إِحْسَاناً وَ بِالسَّیِّئَاتِ غُفْرَاناً