The Ruling on Dutifulness to Parents and Kindness Toward Them in Ramadan

Question:
In fact, the month is halfway through or has just reached its midpoint. Among the questions we raise at the beginning of this meeting, Honorable Shaykh Salih, is that in Ramadan, the Muslim strives to do good deeds and draw near to Allah through various types of worship and to provision himself with righteous deeds. What is a righteous deed, Honorable Shaykh Salih? Dutifulness to parents and bringing them joy. Some of the sons and daughters, may Allah guide them, Honorable Shaykh, fall short in this area. They do not break their fast with their parents; you find them alone. The month passes and they do not visit their parents. We are opening the meeting with this topic, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, the right of the parents comes after the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah the Exalted said: He the Exalted said: So He mentions the right of the parents immediately after His own right, which indicates the importance of the right of the parents, which is being dutiful to them and being kind to them, in word and deed. . . Do not say to them "uff," a word that causes annoyance, so do not show annoyance with them. Do not rebuke them by raising your voice at them. Rather, lower your voice in their presence, out of reverence for them and respect for them. What indicates this is...
...the importance of the right of the parents. Why? In return for their kindness. They raised you when you were small and were kind to you at a time when you had no power to benefit or harm yourself. So be kind to them when their condition reaches a state like yours of weakness. Remember their actions toward you, their beautiful actions toward you, so make your actions toward them beautiful. This is what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has enjoined, emphasized, commanded, and repeated in His Noble Book, which indicates the importance of this matter.
And among being kind to them is sitting with them, keeping them company, greeting them, asking about their condition, and seeking out their needs to fulfill them. All of this is part of what is obligatory for you toward them. They are the greatest of those who have been kind to you among creation. They are the greatest of those who have been kind to you among creation. Therefore, their right has become the most emphasized of the rights of creation upon you. So you must remember this, that you should be dutiful to them and be kind to them in word and deed, and even in the gentleness of your speech with them.
So much so that some of the Salaf would not stare at their parents. Allah is the Greatest. And they would not raise their eyes to them. This is from acting upon His saying, the Exalted: .
So among what keeps them company is what came in the question: that a person is present for the iftar meal with them. Because this is an excellent time, a time for the answering of supplication. And a time when they, or the one of them who is present, may need service. So strive for that. And strive to be present for the iftar with them if you are near to them. Their eyes will be pleased by your presence. And so that you may attain reward and recompense from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
For the reward is of the same kind as the deed. If you are dutiful to them, Allah will make your offspring dutiful to you. And if you are undutiful to them, Allah will let your offspring have power over you and they will be undutiful to you. So you must take this into account, along with what is with Allah of reward and punishment for whoever is kind or unkind to his parents. And Allah is the One who grants success and guides to the straight path. May Allah reward you with good for this introduction.