✅ Answer: Pay attention to the following narrations:

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

Translation: Hamdani said: I heard Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, saying: There are three things for which no one has an excuse: returning a trust to the righteous and the wicked, fulfilling a promise to the righteous and the wicked, and being good to parents, whether they are righteous or wicked.

2 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

Translation: Mu'ammar said: I said to Imam Reza, peace be upon him: If my parents do not have knowledge of the truth, should I supplicate for them? The Imam said: Supplicate for them and give charity on their behalf, and if they are alive and do not know the truth, be lenient with them, for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: Indeed, Allah has sent me as a mercy, not for disobedience (to parents).

3 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 opposing parents; the Imam said: Be good to them just as you are good to the Muslims who have our wilayah and friendship.

4 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَبَوَيْهِ نَظَرَ مَاقِتٍ لَهُمَا وَ هُمَا ظَالِمَانِ لَهُ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ صَلَاةً

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 349

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

5 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

Translation: Hariz said: I said to Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him: Who are the people whom I am forced to provide for and it is obligatory upon me? The Imam said: Parents, children, and wife.

✅ In Shiite narrations, some of which were mentioned, there is no dispensation to neglect being good to parents, and even if they are among the opponents, being good to them is necessary, and they are also among the people whose provision is obligatory and necessary for the child. Therefore, being addicted and religiously opposed is not a reason to neglect being good, providing for them, leaving their rights, and not being lenient with them, and it is necessary to strive with patience and tolerance to fulfill their rights, be good to them, and be lenient with them. Of course, entering into divine disobedience and obeying them in disobeying Allah is not permissible:👇

6 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, Vol. 2, p. 124

Translation: Imam Reza, peace be upon him, wrote in his letter to Al-Ma'mun, may Allah curse him: Being good to parents is obligatory, even if they are polytheists, but in the disobedience of the Creator, there is no obedience to them or anyone else, for there is no obedience for the created being in the disobedience of the Creator.

✅ God willing, in accordance with the ruling of the Imams of Guidance, peace be upon them, the person who asked this question and others should fulfill the rights of their parents with patience and tolerance and be lenient with them in matters other than divine disobedience, because Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, in the hadith in 📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 160, strongly recommended to Zakariyya ibn Ibrahim to be good to his Christian mother, and this very matter led to his mother's conversion to Islam.

✅ The narrations emphasizing being good to parents are very numerous and are recorded in Shiite hadith collections.

Parents' rights