What is the best thing a son can do for his deceased parents, given that he was greatly negligent toward them and was outside his country when they passed away?

The questioner : What is the best thing a son can do for his deceased parents, given that he was greatly negligent toward them and was outside his country when they passed away? I ask that my letter be presented to His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad (may Allah preserve him), and I seek an answer so that my heart may be at ease. Although I have returned to my country and held firmly to my creed, my prayer, and frequent attendance at the mosque, is supplication alone sufficient? I ask for an answer; may you be rewarded.

The Shaykh : You owe nothing regarding your parents, as long as you are fulfilling what you are able of dutifulness toward them during their lifetimes. You may also show dutifulness to them after their death by supplicating for them, seeking forgiveness for them, giving charity, honoring their friends, and maintaining family ties that you have no connection to except through them. So, praise be to Allah, according to what I understand from your question, you are upright and eager to be dutiful to your parents. So, increase in supplication for them, and through that, you will achieve complete dutifulness in this life and after death. Yes.

The questioner : The questioner Abu Usamah from Syria says.