How to Show Gratitude to Your Parents

How to Show Gratitude to Your Parents

Showing gratitude to your parents is a clear sign of righteousness and a path to Allah’s pleasure. Allah commands in the Qur’an: “Be grateful to Me and to your parents. To Me is the final return” (Surah Luqmān 31:14). 

Adult children express this gratitude not only through kind words and respectful behavior, but by consistently making du‘ā for them, caring for them in their old age, honoring their wishes within what is halal, and speaking gently even in disagreement. 

True gratitude is shown through humility, continued service, and remembering their sacrifices, for the Prophet ﷺ said, “The pleasure of Allah lies in the pleasure of the parent” (Tirmidhi). This reverence is among the highest forms of righteousness (birr) in Islam.

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