Being good to parents is the greatest [and most important] duty.
بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ أَكْبَرُ فَرِيضَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be good to your parents and your children will be good to you.
بَرُّوا آبَاءَكُمْ يَبَرَّكُمْ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever is good to his parents, his child will be good to him.
مَنْ بَرَّ وَالِدَيْهِ بَرَّهُ وُلْدُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The affection of parents is [the basis of] the relationship between siblings.
مَوَدَّةُ الْآبَاءِ نَسَبٌ بَيْنَ الْأَبْنَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The death of a father breaks one’s back.
مَوْتُ الْوَالِدِ قَاصِمَةُ الظَّهْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A righteous child is the more beautiful of the two recollections
الْوَلَدُ الصَّالِحُ أَجْمَلُ الذِّكْرَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A child is one of the two enemies
الْوَلَدُ أَحَدُ الْعَدُوَّيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The severest of hardships is [having] evil offspring
أَشَدُّ الْمَصَائِبِ سُوءُ الْخَلَفِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best thing that parents can bequeath to their children is good etiquette
خَيْرُ مَا وَرَّثَ الْآبَاءُ الْأَبْنَاءَ الْأَدَبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Three things are from the greatest tribulations: a very large family, an overwhelming loan and unrelenting sickness
ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْبَلَاءِ كَثْرَةُ الْعَائِلَةِ وَغَلَبَةُ الدَّيْنِ وَدَوَامُ الْمَرَضِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst of all children is the undutiful one
شَرُّ الْأَوْلَادِ الْعَاقُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The loss of a child burns the heart
فَقْدُ الْوَلَدِ مُحْرِقُ الْكَبِدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He (‘a) consoled a man whose son passed away and [at the same time] was blessed with the birth of [another] son saying: May Allah make your reward great [for your patience] in that which He took away, and may His blessings be with you in that which He has bestowed [upon you]
عَظَّمَ اللَّهُ أَجْرَكَ فِيمَا أَبَادَ وَبَارَكَ لَكَ فِيمَا أَفَادَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who scorns his parents has diverged from the right path.
مَنِ اسْتَنْكَفَ مِنْ أَبَوَيْهِ فَقَدْ خَالَفَ الرُّشْدَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Disregarding the rights [of your parents] is from [the acts of] filial impiety
مِنَ الْعُقُوقِ إِضَاعَةُ الْحُقُوقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The death of a child is [like a] tear in the heart
مَوْتُ الْوَلَدِ صَدْعٌ فِي الْكَبِدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The undutiful child is a tribulation and a misfortune
وَلَدٌ عَقُوقٌ مِحْنَةٌ وَشُؤْمٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
An evil child destroys one’s honour and disgraces one’s ancestors
وَلَدُ السَّوْءِ يَهْدِمُ الشَّرَفَ وَيَشِينُ السَّلَفَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
An evil child dishonours one’s ancestors and corrupts one’s descendants
وَلَدُ السَّوْءِ يَعَرُّ [يعز] السَّلَفَ وَيُفْسِدُ الْخَلَفَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
No community has established brotherhood for other than seeking the pleasure of Allah, the Glorified, but that their brotherhood will be counted as a sin against them on the day when the deeds are presented to Allah, the Glorified
مَوْتُ الْأَخِ قَصُّ الْجَنَاحِ وَالْيَدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech