After being obedient to Allah and His Messenger, a Muslim must be obedient to his parents, He should be polite and helpful to his parents, He should avoid doing anything to annoy them, He should obey them quickly without wasting time.
What Parents Suffer For Their Children
Children sometimes do not know or think about how their parents have suffered for them. Their mother in particular suffers during pregmancy, during child birth and while her baby is young. Often the baby keeps her awake at night. Sometimes the baby is sick and the parents feel very worried.
They gladly spend their money to buy clothes, food and medicine for the baby, and sometimes toys to make him happy. Later they try to get a good education for their child, and teach him how to be good and useful. They do all this because they love their child.
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Returning Parent's Love And Kindness
When the child grovss a little older, he is able to help himself and also to help his parents. Parents feel very happy if they have a son or daughter who is kind, polite, helpful and obedient. But if the child is rude, disobedient or unhelpful, they feel sad. When they grow older and are no longer strong parents need loving care from their children, just as they gave loving care to the children when they were small.
The Qur'ah commands us to show kindness to parents in the following words: 'Your Lord has decreed that you should worship nothing except Him, and (show) kindness to your parents, whether one or both of them attain old age (while they are) still with you. Never say to them (a word of contempt) nor scorn either of them, but speak to them in a generous way. Lower to them the wing of kindness out of mercy and say: "My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little"' (Qur'an 17:23-4).
Obedience to Allah comes first
If parents order their children to do something which Allah has forbidden, and to go against Islam, then the children should obey Allah and not their parents. But they should explain to their parents in a polite way why they cannot obey them. They should, moreover, continue to show them respect and kindness.
How To Be Obedient and Helpful To Parents
In every household there are many jobs to be done. When children come home from school they can help their parents in the best way in whatever they are doing, rather than go straight off to play. This may be in tidying, cleaning, watering the garden and so on.