439. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “He who makes his parents unhappy has surely disobeyed them.”1
440. Sahih Muslim, narrating from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin al-‘As who said: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: “Among the major sins is swearing at one’s own parents.”
Some people said: “O Messenger of Allah! Can someone really swear at his own parents?”
He answered: “Yes, that is when someone swears at another person’s father, and so he swears back at his father, or someone swears at another person’s mother, and he swears back at his mother.”2
441. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) said: “My father saw a man whose son was walking with him and the son was leaning on his father’s arm. My father being annoyed of the son did not speak to him until he left this world.”3
442. Imām al-‘Askari (a.s.) said: “The boldness of a child in his childhood against his father will invite to his disobedience in his adulthood.”4
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General Rights of Parents
443. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, when asked about the rights of parents upon their child: “He should not call his father by his name; he should not walk in front of him; he should not sit before him; and he should not be the cause of his father getting sworn at.”5
1.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۴, p. ۳۷۲, h. ۵۷۶۲, narrating from Hammād ibn ‘Amr and 'Anas ibn Muhammad from his father from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.). al-Khisāl, p. ۶۲۱, h. ۱۰, narrating from Abu Basir and Muhammad ibn Muslim from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.) from Imām ‘Ali (a.s.).
2.. Sahih Muslim, vol. ۱, p. ۹۲, h. ۱۴۶. al-Sunan al-Kubrā, vol. ۱۰, p. ۳۹۷, h. ۲۱۰۸۶.
3.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۳۴۹, h. ۸, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Sulaymān. Mishkāt al-Anwār, p. ۲۸۵, h. ۸۶۲, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Muskān, without ‘was walking’.
4.. Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p. ۴۸۹.
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۱۵۸, h. ۵, narrating from Durust ibn Abu Mansur. Mishkāt al-Anwār, p. ۲۷۷, h. ۸۳۳. Both narrating from Imām al-Kāzim (a.s.).
