Benefits and Guidance from the Verse Commanding the Worship of Allah and Kindness to Parents

Question:
May Allah bless you and your efforts, and I ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to place that in your scales of good deeds. We begin this meeting, may Allah preserve you, with the words of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): . May Allah preserve you, Honorable Dr. Salih, what are the rulings, phrases, and also the recommendations and guidance that we extract and benefit from through this noble verse?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This noble verse is at the beginning of the verses in which Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) mentioned in Surat al-Isra the counsels He enjoined, and they are great counsels. And at their beginning is His saying (Mighty and Majestic): . .
In this verse, Allah mentioned two rights at the beginning of rights. The first is His right (Glorified and Exalted is He), which is to worship Him alone, having no partner, and to abandon the worship of anything other than Him. So He said: , meaning that He (Glorified and Exalted is He) commanded and counseled that no one worship anyone other than Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), and that one abandon the worship of anything other than Him, such as angels, prophets, the awliya (close friends of Allah), the righteous, stones, trees, idols, and everything that is worshipped besides Allah, whether jinn or human, living or dead. For worship is a pure right belonging to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), in which no one shares with Him, and it is the first pillar of the pillars of Islam. So there is no Islam for one who does not make worship sincere for Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And one abandons all shirk (associating partners with Allah), forsakes it, and forsakes its people.
This is the first exhortation. The second exhortation is the second right: “and to parents, good treatment.” And always, the Exalted mentions the right of parents after His right, Glorified and Exalted is He, in many verses to emphasize the right of parents. The greatest doers of good to you after Allah are your parents, by what they did in raising you, being kind to you, and caring for you when you had no power over yourself, could not ward off harm from you, and could not bring you sustenance. So they did that, and Allah made them tender toward you and compassionate toward you out of mercy for you. So they have a great right that you should return the kindness they bestowed upon you with dutifulness and good treatment toward them, especially when they grow old with you, or one of them, for they need more service and more care, because they have become unable to obtain their interests and ward off harms from themselves, and they have returned to the lowest stage of life, to the worst of age. So they need you to return the kindness and to remember your state when you had nothing for yourself and could do nothing. Here they are now, having reached this end. So you must return the kindness to them, and say: .
, meaning or that you be kind to your parents with kindness, whether they reach old age with you, especially when they reach this age, when one of them or both of them reach old age with you, they need more dutifulness and compassion at this age. , do not rebuke them or express annoyance and irritation at serving them and obeying them in what is good. So do not say "uff" to them. If saying "uff" is prohibited, how much more so are other types of harshness, rebuke, or mistreatment of them in word or deed? And do not drive them away; do not raise your voice at them so as to disturb them, but lower your voice with them out of respect and honor for them. And do not , instead of expressing annoyance and instead of rebuking them, you say to them kind words, good words that please their hearts and satisfy them with you and do not disturb them. , be humble to them and do not be arrogant toward them. , this is returning the favor when you were small and could not do anything, and they stood over you and defended you and brought you your provision with their efforts, and they may be severely tired in that. And the tiredness of the father and his seeking of provision and his exposure to dangers is not hidden.
And the tiredness of the mother is not hidden, being greater in that she carries, she gives birth, she nurses, and she raises. And so her right became more emphatic than the right of the father, and both of them have a great right over you. So remember this, and undutifulness to parents is among the greatest of major sins after shirk (associating partners with Allah), and I seek refuge in Allah. Even the disbelieving parent has a right over you that you be kind to him, and even if you do not love him for his religion, you are kind to him.
And He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: , , so do not follow them in their religion if they are disbelievers or mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah), and do not love their religion, but this does not prevent you from returning the favor to them in what they raised you with, and that you be kind to them. Yes.

The presenter:
We ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to grant us dutifulness to our parents, living and dead. May Allah reward you with good, Honorable Shaykh Salih.