It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Abusing one’s parents is among the major sins. The people asked: How can a man abuse his own parents? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: He abuses someone’s father, so that person abuses his father in return; he abuses someone’s mother, so that person abuses his mother in return. Sufyan narrated this hadith as marfu‘ and Mis‘ar narrated it as mawquf.