The supplication you make for your parents during the taraaweeh or tahajjud prayer is better by far than you slaughtering 10 camels [in their names].
Tag: father
‘Umrah on behalf of deceased father who had already performed ‘umrah
[Regarding] the ‘umrah, if he (the son) wants to gift [the reward of] an ‘umrah to his deceased father, even though he (the father) had done ‘umrah himself…
Hiring someone trustworthy to do hajj badal and ‘umrah badal
My mother died whilst I was young, and so I hired someone trustworthy to perform hajj on her behalf. My father had also died, and I heard from some of my relatives that he himself had performed the hajj.
Hajj badal on behalf of parents who have died
What is the ruling of [performing] hajj on behalf of both parents who have died without [themselves] having performed hajj?
Honouring your father
Whoever walks in front of his father, then he has disobeyed him, unless he walked [ahead] to remove [any] harm from his path.
From the completeness of good manners with parents
Rather, pay full attention to them both, unless there is an urgent [and important] call which must be answered and cannot be delayed!
I feel shy towards them
I have my parents with me, and i feel shy towards them [that i should engage in a phone call in their presence].
Kissing the elderly on the forehead
Kissing the forehead of the elderly is [an act of] reverence and honour [towards them]. It is [merely] a practice and not an act of worship; as [can be] seen from this [narration]…
Working for a living
Some of the companions saw a strong young man racing to his job, and they remarked: ‘If [him going to work] was in the Path of Allaah…’
From the mistakes which parents fall into
From the mistakes which parents fall into when uttering wrong words in front of their children, is that they censure the children when they utter them [too]!