WE RELATE IN the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Abū Hurayrah
narrated that the Messenger of Allah
saw a man with a boy. He asked the boy: “Who is this?” He replied: “My father.” He said: “Do not walk in front of him, do not cause him to curse you, [1].do not sit before him, and do not call him by his name.” [2].
I say that ‘Do not cause him to swear at you’ means, ‘Do not do anything that might induce your father to curse you as a rebuke as well as forcing him to discipline you on account of your bad action.’
According to the esteemed master and righteous servant as to whose piety there is agreement, ‘Ubaydullāh ibn Zaḥr—with a fatḥah on the zāy and a sukūn on the ḥā’—
it is said that among the acts of disobedience to one’s parents are calling one’s father by his name and walking in front of him on the street. [3].
References
[1] This means that he should not do any act that might cause his father revile or rebuke him.
[2] Ibn as-Sunnī (397). Al-Haythamī mentions narrations with similar meanings in Majma‘ az-zawā ’ id (8/137).
[3] Ibn as-Sunnī (398).