Then return to your parents and accompany them in a best way May he be disgraced, may he be disgraced, may he be disgraced, he whose parents, one or both, reach old age in his life and he does not enter Paradise 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 I said: O Messenger of Allah, to whom should I be dutiful? The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then the closest next of kin, and so on Go back to them and seek their permission. If they give you permission, you can engage in Jihad, otherwise, be dutiful to them The pleasure of Allah is in the pleasure of the parents, and the displeasure of Allah is in the displeasure of the parents Whenever reinforcements from the people of Yemen came to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him), he would ask them: Is Uways ibn ‘Āmir amongst you? The finest form of dutifulness is maintaining relations with those whom one’s father loved No son can repay the kindness of his father unless he finds him a slave and buys him and emancipates him While three persons were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave in a mountain. A (big) rock rolled over (and blocked the mouth of the cave)