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The Fourteen Rights of the Parents

PARENTS HAVE FOURTEEN RIGHTS

Seven rights during lifetime:

  1. Esteem: to revere and respect them
  2. Affection: to adore and love them
  3. Obedience: to follow their commands
  4. Servitude: to serve them and perform their tasks
  5. Care: to comfort them
  6. Fulfillment: to satisfy their needs
  7. Visitation: to visit and converse with them frequently

Seven rights after death:

  1. Pray for salvation: to beg Allah Subhaanahu wa Taala for mercy and forgiveness
  2. Provision of THawaab: to do things which result in award of THawaab to their souls
  3. Respect of loved ones: to respect their relatives, friends and companions
  4. Help relatives: to aid and care for their family and friends as much as possible
  5. Payment of debt: to payoff their debt or any obligation they owed
  6. Implementation of their will: to act upon their legitimate will
  7. Visitation: to visit their gravesite occasionally