FILIAL DUTY

When your father and mother become old, and you take them into your

house, say not a word of impatience to them, nor rebuke them, but speak

graciously, and be humble to them, and say: "O my God, be merciful to

them, even as they tended me when I was young" (_Koran_).

Be dutiful to your father, and your son shall be dutiful to you.

He who is ill-mannered to his father will be ill-treated by his son.

The good-will of parents procures the good-will of God.

The central gate of heaven is open to the man who has been dutiful to

his parents.

Paradise is open at the command of mothers.

You, and all that you have, belong to your father.

A daughter is always proud of her father.

An unmarried daughter has a broken wing.

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