Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief 21ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَكُونُ بَارّاً بِوَالِدَيْهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ٠ُوتَانِ فَلا يَقْضِي عَنْهُ٠َا وَلا يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ٠َا فَيَكْتُبُهُ الله عَاقّاً وَإِنَّهُ لَيَكُونُ عَاقّاً لَهُ٠َا فِي حَيَاتِهِ٠َا غَيْرَ بَارٍّ بِهِ٠َاتَا قَضَى دَيْنَهُ٠َا وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ٠َا فَيَكْتُبُهُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَارّاً.

One may have been unkind to parents during their lifetime but after their death, when he pays off their debts and asks forgiveness for them, Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, writes him down to be among the people who are kind to their parents.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/430))