Supplication of Courtesy to Parents
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is taken from Swalah Birr al-Walidayn , The Prayer of Filial Piety . سُوۡرَةُ لقمَان وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٲلِدَيۡهِ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُ ۥ وَهۡنًا عَلَىٰ وَهۡنٍ۬ وَفِصَـٰلُهُ ۥ فِى عَامَيۡنِ أَنِ ٱشۡڪُرۡ لِى وَلِوَٲلِدَيۡكَ إِلَىَّ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ (١٤) And We have Enjoined on man (to be good) to his 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 your parents: to Me is (your final) Goal.” (Surah Luqman:14) From amongst the goodly works one can perform to thank and benefit one’s parents is the Prayer of Filial Piety, Swalat Birr al-Walidayn . Many traditional scholars and shuyukh highly recommend that this prayer be part of one’s Friday night acts of worship. Shaykh Talal ‘Azhim ( r.a. ) mentioned this prayer in his Prayers of Occasions that his father said, “It is mentioned in S...