An old man was sitting in the courtyard of his house along with his son who
had received tertiary education. Suddenly a crow perched on a wall of the
house.

The father asked the son: ‘What is this?’ The son replied: ‘It is a crow.’

After a little while the father again asked the son: ‘What is this?’ The son
said: ‘It is a crow.’ After a few minutes the father asked his son the third
time: ‘What is this?’ The son said: ‘Father, I have just now told you that
this is a crow.’

After a little while the old father again asked his son the fourth time:
‘What is this?’ At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the
son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff, ‘Father! It is a crow,
a crow.’

A little after the father again asked his son: ‘What is this?’ This time the
son replied to his father with a vein of temper. Father: ‘You are always
repeating the same question, although I have told you so many times that it
is a crow. Are you not able to understand this?’

A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old diary.
Opening a page he asked his son to read that. When the son read it the
following words were written in the diary: “Today my little son was sitting
with me in the courtyard, when a crow came there. My son asked me
twenty-five times what it was and I told him twenty-five times that it was a
crow and I did not at all feel irritated. I rather felt affection for the
innocent child.”

The father then told the son the difference between a father and a son’s
attitude, ‘While a little child he asked me this question twenty-five times
and I felt no irritation in replying to the question twenty-five times and
when today I asked him the same question only five times, he felt irritated
and annoyed.’

“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, And that you be
dutiful to your parents, If one of them or both of them attain old age with
you, do not say ‘uff’ to them, nor repulse them, but speak to them a
gracious word. And lower to them the wing of submission and humbleness out
of mercy to both of them and say: ‘My Lord! Have mercy on them both, as they
cared for me and brought me up when I was a little child.’” (17:23-24)

“And worship Allah, Ascribe nothing as partner to Him, and (show) kindness
to parents..” (4:36)

ameen.

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) says: "One who displeases the parents, (it is as if) he has displeased Allah (Glory and Greatness be to Him). One who angers both (mother and father) his parents (it is as if) he has angered Allah (Glory and Greatness be to Him)."

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) says: "Beware! Abstain from angering the parents. The fragrance of Paradise is perceived even at a distance of a thousand years, but those who are disobedient to parents and those who cut off ties with relatives will not be able to smell it."

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has also stated: "Allah (Glory and Greatness be to Him) will not speak to three kinds of people on the day of judgement. Neither will He have mercy upon them, nor will He purify their sins. There is for them a horrible chastisement. The three types of people are the believers in destiny, the drunkards and those who disobeyed their parents."

"O' Allah! Make us such that we may be grateful for the efforts of our parents." "O' Allah! Make us successful in bringing forth a generation of pure-hearted, believing, grateful and righteous individuals."

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fu Real:
Thanks Fu Real for posting the above Hadiths