It was narrated that ‘Ali said: “I heard a man praying for forgiveness for his parents who Were idolators, and I said: ‘Are you praying for forgiveness for them even though they are idolators?’ He said: ‘Didn’t Ibrahim pray for forgiveness for his father?’ I went to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him about that, then the following was revealed: And Ibrahim’s (Abraham) invoking (of Allah) for his father’s forgiveness was only because of a promise he (Ibrahim) had made to him (his father).” (Da’if)