After mentioning that one must confess His Oneness, worship Him with sincerity, and remain upright in obeying Him, Allah follows that by giving instructions regarding the parents. These appear together in many places of the Qur’an, such as Allah’s saying, {Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be dutiful to your parents.} (17:23) Allah says, {Be grateful to Me and to your parents. Unto Me is the final destination.} (31:14) There are many other Ayat like this as well. Here Allah says, {And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents.} (46:15) meaning, ‘We have commanded him to treat them well and show compassion towards them. Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi recorded from Sa‘d bin Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, that his mother said to him: “Hasn’t Allah commanded you to obey your parents?” {The mothers suckle their children two complete years - for those who desire to complete the term of suckling.} (2:233)](quran/2/233) This is a strong and valid conclusion, and it was approved by ‘Uthman and a number of the Companions. Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar narrated from Ba'jah bin ‘Abdullah Al-Juhani that a man from his tribe (Juhaynah) married a woman from Juhaynah. She delivered a baby after six months. So her husband went to ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, and told him about that. Thus, ‘Uthman summoned her. When she was getting dressed, her sister started crying. She asked her: “Why do you cry? By Allah, no one has ever approached me (for sexual relations) of Allah’s creation except him (my husband). So let Allah decree (for me) as He wills.” When she was brought before ‘Uthman, he commanded that she be stoned to death (for adultery). ‘Ali heard of this, came to ‘Uthman, and said: “What are you doing?” He (‘Uthman) said: “She delivered after six months! Can this ever happen?” ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “Don’t you read the Qur’an?” He said: “Yes, of course!” He (‘Ali) then said: haven’t you heard Allah's saying, {and his gestation and weaning is thirty months}, and; {two complete years} (2:233) (Subtracting the two numbers) we are only left with six months.” ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “By Allah, I did not see that! Bring the woman back.” But they found that she had already been killed. Bajah continued: “By Allah, no two crows and no two eggs are more similar than that child turned out to be to his father! When his father saw that he said, “By Allah! This is my son without any doubt.’ Later on, Allah afflicted him with a skin abscess in his face (because of his false accusation to his wife). It kept eating him up until he died.” Ibn Abi Hatim related from his father that Farwah bin Abi Al-Maghra’ told them that ‘Ali bin Mushir narrated to them from Dawud bin Abi Hind, who narrated from Ikrimah that Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “When a woman delivers after nine months, the baby will only need twenty-one months of suckling. When she delivers after seven months, the baby will need twenty-three months of suckling. When she delivers after six months, the baby will need two full years of suckling, because Allah says, {and his gestation and weaning is thirty months, till when he attains full strength...} meaning, he becomes strong, youthful, and attains full ability. {and reaches forty years,} meaning, his complete intellect, understanding, and patience reach the level of maturity. It has also been said that usually one will not change his ways once he reaches the age of forty. {he says: "My Lord! Grant me the power and ability} meaning, ‘inspire me.’ {that I may be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds, such as please You,} meaning, in the future. {and make my offspring good.} meaning, my offspring and descendants. {Truly, I have turned to You in repentance, and truly, I am one of the Muslims.}”