The virtue of supplicating for one's parents

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, many people neglect supplication for their parents. What is the effect of supplication on their lives, may we be rewarded?

Answer:
Supplication for one’s parents is part of being dutiful to them, whether they are alive or dead. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: “And say: My Lord,

and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

[Al-Isra 17:24]

” This is a supplication for them that Allah the Exalted commanded, whether they are alive or dead. “My Lord, forgive me and my parents.” This is in the Qur’an; it begins with himself, then his parents, then the believers: “My Lord,

forgive me and my parents and the believers

اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[Ibrahim 14:41]

and the believing women. My Lord,

forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."

اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ

[Ibrahim 14:41]

.” And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him):

and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women

وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

[Muhammad 47:19]

. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6359- فضل الدعاء للوالدين - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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