Dear Islamic brothers! Have you realised how beautifully Sayyiduna Ba-Yazeed Bistami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه showed respect towards his mother? He did not feel appropriate to wake her up from her sleep and spent the entire night standing in the intense cold out of her respect. Being pleased with this practice of his, his blessed mother then sincerely made Du’a for him: ‘O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I am pleased with him, you also become pleased with him.’ So, we should also follow the footstep of our pious predecessors and show respect to our parents. As serving parents and showing respect to them are indeed extremely privileged deeds. If we treat them nicely and show respect to them, then they may become extremely pleased with us and pray wholeheartedly to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for us which may become a means of goodness for us in this world and the Hereafter. Islam has commanded us to treat our parents nicely and talk to them in an extremely gentle and soft manner. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ Says in Surah Bani Israel, part 15, Ayah 23 and 24:

وَ بِالْوَالِدَیْنِ اِحْسَانًاؕ-اِمَّا یَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ اَحَدُهُمَاۤ اَوْ كِلٰهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَّهُمَاۤ اُفٍّ وَّ لَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَ قُلْ لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِیْمًا(۲۳) وَ اخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ قُلْ رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّیٰنِیْ صَغِیْرًاؕ(۲۴)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And treat parents with goodness; if one of them or both reach old age in front of you, so do not say (even) ‘Ugh’ to them and do not scold them, and speak to them words of respect. And spread for them the arm of humbleness with a soft heart, and request humbly that, ‘O my Lord! Have mercy on them both, just as they brought me up in my childhood.’

(Part 15, Surah Bani Israel, Ayah 23-24)

Dear Islamic brothers! In the commentary of the abovementioned blessed Ayah, it is stated: The blessed Ayah implies that your Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ has commanded you to observe a righteous behaviour towards your parents with extreme kindness; because the way your parents have done a great favour upon you, hence it is obligatory for you as well to treat them nicely in the same manner as well. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 5, pp. 440)