Be Grateful To Allaah And to Your Parents

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى says:

﴿أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ‎﴾

{Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the final destination} 
📚 [Surah Luqmaan (31): 14]

Allaah has made it obligatory for us to thank Him and thank our parents. Since there is consensus that thanking one’s parents is done through constant obedience to them, and that simply praising them is not enough, words alone are insufficient. It is well known that true gratitude to Allaah requires more than just words; it must be demonstrated through actions. This is achieved by obeying Allaah and using His blessings in ways that please Him, rather than wasting them on wrongdoing.

Narrated `Aaishah رضي الله عنها: The Prophet ﷺ used to offer prayer at night (for such a long time) that his feet would become swollen. I said: “O Allaah's Messenger ﷺ! Why do you do it since Allaah has forgiven you your faults of the past and those to follow?” He ﷺ said: ❝Shouldn't I love to be a thankful slave (of Allaah)?❞

📚 [Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (4837) and the wording is his, and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (2820). This is also reported in the Ṣaḥeeḥain on the authority of al-Mugheerah رضي الله عنه]

 

👉 Tafseer al-Muḥarrar:

Meaning: We (Allaah) have enjoined upon man to be grateful to Allaah for His blessings upon you; that is, by worshiping and obeying Him alone, and by fulfilling His rights. And be grateful to your parents for enduring the hardship they faced and the effort they exerted for your sake; so obey them and be kind to them.

📚 [التقسير المحرر (24/316)]

 

👉 Tafseer al-Sa`dee:

{Be grateful to Me} by worshiping Me, fulfilling My rights, and not using My blessings to disobey Me.

{and to your parents} by showing kindness to them, speaking gently to them, behaving nicely with them, being humble towards them, honoring them, respecting them, taking care of them, and avoiding mistreating them in any way, in word or deed.

📚 [Tafseer al-Sa`dee (1/648)]

 

👉 Sufyaan Ibn `Uyaynah رحمه الله said:

❝Whoever offers the five daily prayers has thanked Allaah, and whoever supplicates for his parents at the end of the prayers (before the Tasleem), then he has thanked them.❞

📚 [Tafseer al-Baghawee (6/287)]