What rights do parents have over their children?
2026-09-21
F80 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
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النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
السائل: محمد (ع. خ) يقول: قريب لي عاق لوالديه كثيرًا، فما هو حق الوالدين على الأبناء؟ وهل من كلمة يا سماحة الشيخ لمن لهم هذه الصفة في والديهم أو أحدهما؟
الجواب
الواجب على الولد بر والديه، والحذر من العقوق، يقول النبي ﷺ: ألا أنبئكم بأكبر الكبائر؟ قلنا: بلى يا رسول الله! قال: الإشراك بالله وعقوق الوالدين فجعل عقوق الوالدين من أكبر الكبائر، ويقول ﷺ: من الكبائر شتم الرجل والديه! قيل: يا رسول الله! وهل يسب الرجل والديه؟! قال: يسب أبا الرجل فيسب أباه، ويسب أمه فيسب أمه فعقوقهما والسب في ذلك من الكبائر، فالواجب الحذر.
والله يقول جل وعلا: وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلاهُمَا فَلا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا [الإسراء:23، 24] يقول جل وعلا: أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ [لقمان:14]، فالواجب برهما والإحسان إليهما وشكرهما، والحذر من عقوقهما، نسأل الله العافية.
نعم.
المقدم: اللهم آمين، أحسن الله إليكم، وجزاكم الله خيرًا.
English translation
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Original question
The questioner Muḥammad ʿ. Kh. says: A relative of mine is very undutiful towards his parents. What rights do parents have over their children? Your Eminence, do you have a word for those who behave this way towards both parents or one of them?
Answer
A child must honour his parents and beware of being undutiful. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Shall I tell you the greatest of major sins?” We said, “Yes, Messenger of Allah.” He replied: “Associating partners with Allah and being undutiful to parents.” He thus counted being undutiful to parents among the greatest major sins. He ﷺ also said: “Among the major sins is a man insulting his parents.” He was asked, “Messenger of Allah, does a man insult his own parents?” He replied: “He insults another man's father, so that man insults his father; and he insults his mother, so that man insults his mother.” Being undutiful to them and insults of this kind are major sins, so one must beware.
Allah, majestic and exalted, says: “Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him and treat parents well. If one or both reach old age with you, do not say to them ‘uff’ or rebuke them, but speak to them honourably. Lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, ‘My Lord, have mercy on them as they raised me when I was small’” [al-Isrāʾ 17:23–24]. He says: “Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the final return” [Luqmān 31:14]. It is therefore obligatory to honour them, treat them well and thank them, and to beware of being undutiful to them. We ask Allah for well-being.
Yes.
Presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah be good to you and reward you with good.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website fatwa 16968
الموقع الرسمي للشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
Official website of Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz
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