Jurayj performed Wuḍū and offered Ṣalāĥ and then came to that child and said, ‘O child! Who is your father?’ He replied, ‘So-and-so shepherd.’ So people said to Jurayj, ‘We will build you a place of worship with gold.’ He said, ‘No, make it as it was of earth.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 2, pp. 139, Ḥadīš 2482; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 1380, Ḥadīš 2550)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on him and forgive us for his sake!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Walking six miles on hot stones with mother on shoulders

The rights of parents are so many that we can never be released of them. A companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ once humbly said to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, ‘On a path, stones were so hot that a piece of meat would have roasted if it had been put onto them! I carried my mother on my shoulders for six miles. Am I free from the rights of my mother?’ The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Perhaps, this could be the return for one of the contractions she endured during labour while giving birth to you.’

(Al-Mu’jam-uṣ-Ṣaghīr liṭ-Ṭabarānī, vol. 1, pp. 92, Ḥadīš 256)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on them and forgive us for their sake!