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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Teachings in Brief (3) the Duty of Man Towards Others These duties can be described as follows: THE DUTY OF MAN TOWARDS HIS PARENTS Parents are the means of the creation of a child and the imparters of his initial education and training; therefore, the holy religion of Islam has placed a great deal of emphasis on children's obeying to them and on their respect to an extent that the Almighty Allah has commanded the people to be kind and generous to their parents right after mentioning Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah) and states: "And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him and has commanded goodness to your parents...(17:23)." In ahadith enumerating mortal sins, misconduct towards parents ranks second to shirk (polytheism).

The Almighty Allah states: "...If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) "ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them generous words. And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and say: 'O my Lord! have compassion on them, similar to what they had on me when they brought me up (when I was) little' (17:23-24)." How well did an old woman say to her child when she saw him powerful and bulky.

If you recalled your childhood When you were helpless in my arms, You would not treat me unkindly today As you are a brave man and I am an old woman. In the holy religion of Islam, obedience of the parents is wajib except in the case when they order the children to give up one of the wajib deeds of religion or perform a religiously haram act.

It has been proven by experience that those who tease their parents do not remain happy and prosperous in their lives and consequently they will not attain salvation. THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS In a family circle, the relationship of parents to their children is like that of the roots of a tree to its branches because the continuity and survival of the branches of the tree depend upon its roots. Parents are also the founders of the children's life.

Since the human society is comprised of the two categories, i.e., parents and children, parents are the main roots of the human society. Besides being an utmost ingratitude and cowardice, misbehaviour towards the parents and annoying them also cause the decadence of humanity and the annihilation of the society.