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Sunan Ibn Majah 3660 (Book 33, Hadith 4) #33014
The Reward of Praying for Parents

SUMMARY: The hadith speaks of the immense reward for praying for one's parents, which is greater than anything on earth.

Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with them, narrated that: Allah's Messenger said: "Qintar is twelve thousand Uqiyyah, each Uqiyyah of which is better than what is between heaven and earth". And the Messenger of Allah said: "A man will be raised in status in Paradise and will say: 'Where did this come from?' And it will be said:'From your son's praying for forgiveness for you'."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ ـ قَالَ ‏"‏ الْقِنْطَارُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ أُوقِيَّةٍ كُلُّ أُوقِيَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ ـ ‏"‏ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَتُرْفَعُ دَرَجَتُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ أَنَّى هَذَا فَيُقَالُ بِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَلَدِكَ لَكَ

TOPICS
prayer  *  forgiveness  *  paradise  *  reward

QUICK LESSONS:
Pray for your parents and seek forgiveness on their behalf .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks of the immense reward that comes from praying for one's parents. It is said that the reward is greater than anything between heaven and earth, even a Qintar which is 12 thousand Uqiyyah. Uqiyyah being a unit of measurement in Islamic tradition and Qintar being an even larger unit. Furthermore, it is said that this prayer will raise someone's status in paradise so much so that they will ask where it came from and be told it was due to their son or daughter praying for forgiveness on their behalf. This hadith teaches us how important it is to pray for our parents as well as how great the rewards are if we do so.

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