was a drunkard. Whenever he drank and returned home in the evening, his mother would advise him, ‘O son! Fear Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. How long will you drink this impure thing!’ He used to reply, ‘You bray like a donkey.’ He died after Ṣalāt-ul-‘Aṣr. Ever since his death, his grave splits open every day after Ṣalāt-ul-‘Aṣr, he brays like a donkey thrice and then goes back into his grave. The grave then gets closed.’ (Attarghīb Wattarĥīb, vol. 2, pp. 226, Ḥadīš 17)
Dear Islamic brothers! We repent to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ the Most Merciful and Forgiving, begging Him for safety in the Hereafter. Alas! Hurting the feelings of parents is a cause of disgrace and severe torment. It is stated in a Ḥadīš, ‘عَذَابُ الۡقَبۡرِ حَقٌّ’ i.e. Torment of the grave is the truth. (Sunan Nasāī, pp. 225, Ḥadīš 1305)
Sometimes a glimpse of it is also shown in the world so that people may learn a lesson from it. A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat, Mujaddid of Ummaĥ, Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن has stated in answer to a question regarding the one who disobeys his father: Disobedience to the father is disobedience to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. If a person pleases his parents, they are his Paradise, and if he displeases them, then they are his Hell. None of his good deeds whether Farḍ or Nafl will be