The Obligation of Children to Care for Their Parents and Be Dutiful to Them
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. After this, a message from the listener 'Ayn Ta' from the Northern Region. He says: I am twenty-four years old, and I am married, praise be to Allah. I have a father who has reached a state that requires attention, as he is in need of more care and attention. I am at a loss as to how to provide that, especially since my circumstances do not help me. How do you guide me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must be dutiful to your father and attend to his needs to the best of your ability, for this is a right that is obligatory for you to fulfill on his behalf. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:36] with kindness to the parents. So the rights of the parents come after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). He, the Majestic and Exalted, said: [Al-Isra 17:23-24] So it is incumbent upon you to fulfill the rights of your father to the extent of your ability and capacity, even if it means hiring someone to serve your father for a wage. This is obligatory upon you if you are unable to do it yourself, or if you cannot have one of your children or your wife serve him. This is obligatory upon you: either you do it yourself, or you appoint someone to do it on your behalf if you are unable to do it directly because of your work, your occupations, and your seeking of provision. The important thing is that you strive to serve your father to the utmost of your ability, either directly by you, which is better and greater in reward, or by appointing someone to act on your behalf in that matter.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. After this, a message from the listener 'Ayn Ta' from the Northern Region. He says: I am twenty-four years old, and I am married, praise be to Allah. I have a father who has reached a state that requires attention, as he is in need of more care and attention. I am at a loss as to how to provide that, especially since my circumstances do not help me. How do you guide me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must be dutiful to your father and attend to his needs to the best of your ability, for this is a right that is obligatory for you to fulfill on his behalf. Allah the Exalted said:
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا(23) And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word. (24) And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4841- وجوب رعاية الأبناء لآبائهم والبر بهم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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