It is our Islamic duty to obey our parents, that is, to do always what they tell us to do. All that we have is given to us by our parents – food, clothing and education. They tend to us when we are too young to do anything for ourselves. They watch over us in times of sickness, provide for our amusement, teach us the principles f religion, and guard us from evil influences. Obedience is a very simple way of showing gratitude for these benefits.
Being adults and having experience of the world, parents are in a position to form better judgments than their children. Just as the boy who would learn to read must attend to the instructions of his teacher, so whoever wishes to grow up into honest and useful man must follow the dictates of their parents.
Examples of disobedient sons and daughters are common. Disobedience is ingratitude and one of the greatest cruelties a child can inflict upon parents who have toiled for years for his sake, and lavished upon him all their affections.
SAMIA MALIK
Lahore
