The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) invoked humiliation and disgrace to the extent that it was as if he had put his nose in the dust - repeating this thrice. He was, thus, asked: O Messenger of Allah, who is this one against whom you supplicated? He (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one whose parents—one of them or both—reached old age in his life, and they were not a means of admitting him to Paradise given his unkindness and undutifulness towards them.

• Dutifulness to parents, especially in their old age and weakness, is obligatory and one of the means of entering Paradise.
• Undutifulness to parents is one of the major sins.

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5. Hadith

• O Messenger of Allah, who is the most entitled among people to my good companionship? He said: Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, and then those who are the closest to you
• No son can repay the kindness of his father unless he finds him a slave and buys him and emancipates him
• Go back to them and seek their permission. If they give you permission, you can engage in Jihad, otherwise, be dutiful to them
• The finest form of dutifulness is maintaining relations with those whom one’s father loved