Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

i have asked this question before but have still not received an answer.

please do reply to my question

women sit & talk & say that the responsibility of lookoing after old age parents is only that of the son

please guide me and tell me that where in the quran is it so written

is it not the responsibility equally of both daughters & sons to look after the their parents in their old age

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Answer:

Does only son look after parents?

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah Bani Israel verses 23-24: Your Lord has enjoined the following: You should not worship anyone but Him Alone! Treat your parents with great kindness; if either or both of them attain old age, do not even say ‘uff’ to them; nor rebuke them; but speak to them kind words. Treat them with humility and tenderness and pray, “O our Lord, be merciful to them, just as they brought me up with kindness and affection in my childhood.”

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31 Surah Luqman verse 14: And We have enjoined on mankind (to be good) to their parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command) "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.

Obedience and service to one’s parents is the obligatory duty of all off-spring in Islam, whether they are sons or daughters. Absolutely nowhere in the Quran and the Sunnah has it been mentioned that the daughters are free from this responsibility. It is the obligatory duty of every son and every daughter in Islam, regardless of their age, that if one or both of their parents are alive they must serve and obey them with humility and kindness. Allah Subhanah has bestowed this honor of service to one’s parents on both the male and the female off-springs in Islam.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan