425. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The pleasure of the Lord lies in the pleasure of father and the wrath of the Lord is in the wrath of the father.”1
426. Imām al-Sajjād said, from his prayers to his parents: “O Allah! Make me fear them like one’s fear of a tyrant king, and that I do good to them like the goodness of a kind mother, and make my obedience to my parents and my kindness to them sweeter for my eyes than a deep sleep, and cooler for my breast than a sweet cool drink for a thirsty person so that I put their desire before mine.”2
427. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) said: “There are three things in which Allah has not given anyone permission to violate: returning a trust to a righteous or corrupt person, fulfilling a promise given to both a righteous or corrupt person, and obedience to parents whether they are righteous or corrupt.”3
428. Imām al-Ridā (a.s.) said: “Indeed Allah…has commanded us to thank Him and the parents. So, he who is not thankful to his parents is not thankful to Allah.”4
1.. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol. ۴, p. ۳۱۱, h. ۱۸۹۹. al-Mustadrak ‘alā al-Sahihain, vol. ۴, p. ۱۶۸, h. ۷۲۴۹. Both narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr.
2.. al-Sahifah Sajjādiyah, p. ۱۰۲, Supplication ۲۴.
3.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۱۶۲, h. ۱۵, narrating from ‘Anbasah ibn Mus‘ab, and vol. ۵, p. ۱۳۲, h. ۱. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۶, p. ۳۵۰, h. ۹۸۸, with ‘there is no excuse for anyone in it’ instead of ‘has not given…permission’. Both narrating from al-Husain ibn Mus‘ab al-Hamadāni from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.).
4.. al-Khisāl, p. ۱۵۶, h. ۱۹۶. ‘Uyun Akhbār al-Ridā (a.s.), vol. ۱, p. ۲۵۸, h. ۱۳. Both narrating from al-Dilhāth.
