Standing up to Show Reverence:
432. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “Stand up for your father and your teacher, even if you are a commander.”1
Submissiveness at the Time of Anger:
433. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Among the rights of a father upon his child is that the child should be submissive to him at the time of anger and exhaustion.”2
Avoiding Disobedience:
434. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said, regarding Allah’s saying “…if one of them or both of them reach old age with you…”: “If they annoy you, do not say fie to them, if they were to hit you, do not repel them.”3
435. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “The lowest degree of disobedience [to parents] is to say ‘fie’, and if Allah had anything of a word less than this, He would have prohibited it.”4
436. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said, regarding Allah’s saying “And out of compassion, lower unto them the wing of humility…”: “Do not use your eyes in looking at them other than a glance of compassion and sympathy to them, do not raise your voice louder than their voice, do not extend your hand higher than their hands, and do not precede them in steps.”5
437. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said, regarding Allah’s saying “…and speak to them a gracious word.”: “If they were to hit you, say to them: ‘May Allah forgive you!”6
438. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “It will be said to him who is disobedient to his parents: “Worship as much as you desire, but I will not forgive you.”7
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۲۳۴۱.
2.. Tārikh Madinah al-Munawarah, vol. ۲, p. ۵۶۸, narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۷۳, h. ۴۵۵۱۲, narrating from Tārikh Dimashq.
3.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۱۵۸, h. ۱. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۴, p. ۴۰۸, h. ۵۸۸۳. Both narrating from Abu Wallād al-Hannāt
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۳۴۸, h. ۱, narrating from Hadid ibn Hakim. ‘Uyun Akhbār al-Ridā (a.s.), vol. ۲, p. ۴۴, h. ۱۶۰, narrating from Dāwud ibn Sulaymān al-Farrā' from Imām al-Ridā (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.).
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۱۵۸, h. ۱. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۴, p. ۴۰۸, h. ۵۸۸۳. Both narrating from Abu Wallād al-Hannāt
6.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۱۵۸, h. ۱. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۴, p. ۴۰۸, h. ۵۸۸۳. Both narrating from Abu Wallād al-Hannāt
7.. Hilyah al-Awliyā', vol. ۱۰, p. ۲۱۶, narrating from ‘A'ishah. Rawdah al-Wā‘izin, p. ۴۰۳.
