Ways of Being Dutiful and Showing Excellence to Deceased Parents

Question:
What are the ways of being dutiful and showing excellence to deceased parents?

Answer:
The ways of being dutiful are numerous: among them is giving voluntary charity to the poor, whether they are relatives or not; among them is building mosques and repairing mosques; among them is paying off the debts of those who are unable to pay; among them is building schools and building hostels for the poor; and helping students of knowledge who are unable to afford the cost of seeking knowledge, and so on. The avenues of righteousness are many.