Who is the most wretched and who is the most fortunate?

It is mentioned in the Monthly Magazine Faizan-e-Madinah: A Bedouin states: I left my village with the intention of finding out who is the most wretched and who is the most fortunate from among the people. Thus, I passed by an elderly individual who had a rope tied around his neck from which a large drum was also hanging. A young man was whipping the elderly man. So, I said to that young man, ‘Do you not fear Allah Almighty in regards to this old and weak man? A rope and drum are already hanging from his neck, due to which he is worried, and you are whipping him on top of this also!’

The young man said, ‘You should also know that this is my father!’ Whereupon, I said, ‘May Allah Almighty not grant you any goodness! (Does a person treat his father in this oppressive manner?)’ The young man then said, ‘Remain silent! What do you know! This is how he would treat his own father too, and his father would also treat his father (i.e. his grandfather) in this manner!’ After witnessing this, I said, ‘This old man is the most wretched person.’

Then I continued ahead until I came across a young man who had a basket made out of date palms around his neck, and it contained a weak and elderly person who was like a chicken. The young man would keep him with himself at all times, and look after him like a chicken. I said, ‘What is this?’ The young man said, ‘This is my father who has lost his mind, and I am looking after him.’ Whereupon, I said, ‘This young man is the most fortunate from among the people.’ (Al-Mahasin wa Al-Masawi, vol. 1, p. 235)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! From this narration, we come to know that the one who treats his father with goodness is the most fortunate from among the people, and the one who treats his father in a bad manner