Does being good to ones parents and doing good deeds cause one to live a long life?Answer: Being good to one’s parents and doing good deeds is from the greatest means of getting closer to Allah. Al-Birr (observance of piety) is from one of the causes of living a long life and having it filled with blessing as it occurs in the prophetic narration:
((Nothing prolongs the life except for al-Birr (the observance of piety).))
Therefore al-Birr is from the causes of living a long life and having it filled with blessing. And in the authentic narration (we find):
(( Whoever wishes to expand his provisioning and defer the end of his life span then let him keep the ties of kinship.))
So being good to one’s parents (Birr-ul-Waalidayn) is from the greatest forms of keeping ties, actually from the greatest of keeping ties. Being good to one’s parents and keeping the ties of kinship are from the causes of prolonging one’s life and having it filled with blessings.
Ash-Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez bin Baaz (rahimahullah)
Translated by: Aboo ‘Imraan al-Mekseekee –may Allah guide him
Source: http://www.ibnbaz.org.sa/mat/9571
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