|  "Your Lord ( ALLAH ) has decreed that you should worship 
              nothing except Him, and show) kindness to your parents, whether 
              one or both of them attain old age (while they are) still with you, 
              never say to them 'Shame! nor scold either of them. Speak to them 
              in a generous fashion. Protect them carefully and say: 'My Lord, 
              show them mercy, just as they cared for me as a little child'"
 [Surah 17:23-24].
 
 A man came to the Prophet and asked him for permission to join a 
              military expedition. The Prophet asked him if he had a mother, and 
              when he replied that he had, he said, "Stay with her, for Paradise 
              is at her feet." (Ahmad)
 
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                    long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved 
                    to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, 
                    ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved 
                    the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, 
                    the little boy had grown up. more.. |  | 
         
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                |  The 
                    day that you see me old and  
                    I am already not,  
                    have patience and  
                    try to understand me 
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                      There is a story about an 80 year old man who was sitting 
                      on the sofa in his house along with his 45 year old highly 
                      educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window sill. 
                      The father asked his son, "What is this?"  
                      The son replied, "It is a crow". After a few minutes... 
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                      little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening 
                      while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of 
                      paper that he had been writing on.  
                      After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, 
                      and this is what it said: more.. |  | 
         
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                  |  When 
                      you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.  
                      You thanked her by crying all night long.  
                      When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.  
                      You thanked her by running away when she called.more.. |  | 
         
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                      4 Years My daddy is great.  
                      At 6 Years My daddy knows everybody. 
                      At 10 Years My daddy is good but is short tempered.  
                      At 12 Years My daddy was very nice to me when I was young 
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