By: Imam Qari Asim
Senior Editor, Imams Online @QariAsim
In Canada, the Father’s Day is on June 16, Sun
The purpose behind Father’s Day is a day to honour all the fathers for everything they do for their children. This is an occasion to express gratitude towards one’s father for all his love and support.
Showing gratitude to parents and treating them with kindness, love, compassion and care is considered one of the most important acts of worship in Islam. Kindness toward parents, in the Glorious Qur’ân, is mentioned next to the commandment to believe in One God.
In other words, every day is a Father’s Day and Mother’s Day in Islam and therefore should be celebrated as such.
The following verses of the Noble Qur’ân and the saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) highlight the high status given to parents in Islam.
“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. And out of kindness lower to them the wing of humility and say: ‘My Lord! Bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.”(Qur’an 17:23)
Abdullah ibn ‘Umar narrates that the Prophet said: “The Pleasure of the Lord lies in the pleasure of the parent. The Anger of the Lord lies in the anger of the parent.”
Bahys ibn Hakim said that he heard from his grandfather, that he had asked the Prophet, ‘Who should I do a good to? The Prophet replied, Your mother. His grandfather once more asked the Prophet , ‘Who should I do a good to? The Prophet said, ‘Your mother’ His grandfather repeated the question a third time. The Prophet said, ‘Your mother’ After repeating the question for the fourth time, the Prophet replied, Then your father and then in order, your relatives.
Abu Ja’far heard Abu Huraira say that the Prophet said, ‘There is no doubt that three kinds of prayers will be answered, the prayer of the oppressed, the prayer of the traveller, and the prayers of the parents for their children’
In short, the importance showing kindness to parents are:
1.Obedience to Allah and His Messenger,
2. Obeying and honouring one’s parents is a means of entering Paradise,
3. Respecting and obeying them is a way of showing gratitude to them because they are the ones who brought you into this world,
4. If a person is good with his parents this may be the cause of his own children respecting him and showing kindness and compassion towards him.
Parents have a right to receive love, discipline and care from their children but they must give their children the same rights as well.
If both parents and children submit to the will of God, there will be love and peace in the family.
Parenting is an enormously important, time-consuming task for which there is, justifiably, the promise of great reward.
Note: The views expressed are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect that of ImamsOnline.
Allaah Knows best. Source: islamicity.org/qa/
Friday, May 1, 2026
