Treat kindly your mother, and be kind to your father.

Treat kindly your mother, and be kind to your father."[^6] Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) has narrated: He who wishes Allah, Almighty and Glorious, to lighten the agonies of death should have regard for his kinship and treat his parents with goodness. Then Allah will make the agonies of death easy for him, and he will not be stricken by poverty in his life at all.[^7] In general, human beings should all serve one another whether they are related or not.

(S) has said: "He who decreases a grief out of the agonies for his Muslim brother, Allah will decrease for him a grief out of the agonies of the hereafter."[^8] He (S) also said:…