Honoring One’s Parents and Sincerity to Allah Are Reasons for Relieving Distress

Honoring one's parents is a righteous deeds, by which distress is relieved (by Allah) and darkness is removed. As for Ikhlaas (sincerity), it is one of the reasons for relieving distress, because every one of them says: O Allah, if I did this for your sake, then relieve us from what we are in. As for showing off (riyaa’), and Allah’s refugee is sought, and he who does deeds only to show off and gain a reputation to be praised by people, then it is like the sea foam that disappears uselessly. We ask Allah to grant us and you sincerity in deeds.