prevailing over me."
The Prophet (s) instructed: "Say: O You Who accepts the few and pardons the much, accept my few (deed) and pardon my very much (evildoing). You are surely the All-forgiving the All-merciful." 449
The young man said it.
Then the Prophet (s) asked: "Now, what do you see?"
The man said: "I now can see a white, pretty, sweet-smelling man come to me, while the black one left."
The Prophet (s) ordered him to repeat reciting the previous supplication, and the man did.
The Prophet (s) then asked him what he could see.
The man answered: "I can see only the white man coming to me."
Few moments later, the man departed life." 450
Filial impiety is a grand sin for which God threatens hell.
It is worth mentioning that fathers are required to train and educate their sons by means of wisdom so as to save them from impiety to them.
The Prophet (s) said: "Like their sons, parents are required to avoid treating their righteous sons impiously." 451
"Allah may curse the parents who cause their sons to treat them impiously. Allah may have mercy upon the parents who cause their sons to treat them piously." 452
Rights of Sons
The righteous sons are the adornment of this life and the dearest and most precious hopes. Thus, the Ahl ul-Bayt (a), as well as people of wisdom and letters, praised them.
The Prophet (s) said: "The righteous son is one of the roses of Paradise." 453
"To have a righteous son is a sign of happiness." 454