theirs. Once Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ Bin ‘Awn’s mother called him. While replying to her, his voice rose slightly. So he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه freed two slaves, making up for it.
(Ḥilya-tul-Awliyā, vol. 3, pp. 45, Ḥadīš 3103)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! How greatly our saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ الۡـمُبِیۡن valued their parents and how great their Madanī mindset was! Where shall we get two slaves from! Alas! In such matters, we don’t have the enthusiasm to sacrifice ‘two chickens’ or even two eggs in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ enable us to realize the status of parents. Āmīn!
Let’s now gain a treasure of reward for free without spending anything. Look at your parents with great sympathy and affection. How nice it is to look at parents with a merciful gaze! The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘When offspring looks at their parents with a merciful gaze, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ writes the reward of Hajj Mabrūr (accepted Hajj) for every (such) sight.’ The holy companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی عَـنْهُم asked, ‘Even if someone looks at them hundred times a day?’ The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘نَعَمۡ، اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ وَ اَطۡيَبُ Yes, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the Greatest and the Aṭyab (the Purest).’
(Shu’ab-ul-Īmān, vol. 6, pp. 186, Ḥadīš 7856)