Explanation of his saying: (And the other said: O Allah, if You know that I had two parents and I used to milk for them in their vessels, and when I brought it to them and they were sleeping, I would stand until)

The Shaykh : And the other said: O Allah, if You know that I had two parents and I used to milk for them in their vessels, and when I brought it to them and they were sleeping, I would stand until they woke up, and when they woke up they would drink. Here he describes the extent of his service to his parents, whatever patience that required. He would bring the vessel containing the milk, and if he found them sleeping, he would not wake them in order to preserve their rest and sleep. He would remain standing until they woke up, combining their rest from sleep with their drinking of the milk. In the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, this part of the hadith is detailed, saying: ... So he did not return until it was evening. He said: So I milked as I used to milk and brought the vessel, and I found that they had fallen asleep. This is a very precise description of his psychological state between the right of his parents and the right of his children. He said: So I found that they had fallen asleep, and I stood at their heads, fearing that I would wake them from their sleep, while the children were crying from hunger at my feet... And from the other side, the children were crying out from hunger...