حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَأَضِعْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ أَوِ احْفَظْهُ

Book [33]: Chapters on etiquette 
Chapter [1]: Honoring one’s parents

Ḥadīth [3663]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Dardā’ (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: “The father is the middle door of Paradise (i.e., the best way to Paradise), so it is up to you whether you take advantage of it or not.”

❶ ‘Or not’ here means if one displeases his parent, the door of Paradise will not be opened for him, and thus he will lose at the door of Paradise.

❷ ‘Whether you take advantage’ means if one pleases his father, the door of Paradise will surely be opened for him.

❸ If a parent orders something which displeases Allāh then he should not be obeyed. Despite this he should be respected and served.

• Reference: [3663 (5/13-14), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]

• Sunan ibn Mājah (1900 & 2089)
• Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (6554 (9/246) & 14030 (17/111-112))
• Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (6554 (2/745) & 14030 (5/691-692))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah (3663 (1/608)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan ibn Mājah (3663 (5/64)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Dr. Ḍiyā’-ur-Raḥmān al-‘Aẓamī (Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil)
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah (3663 (4/632)))
• Ḥasan by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah (3663 (1/663-664)))

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