Wisdom of The Holy Prophet — Page 21
ORPHANS 3 Orphans 21 They ask thee concerning the orphans. Tell them: Promotion of their welfare is the greatest good (2. 221). Allah enjoins you to deal justly with orphans (4. 128). Allah enjoins benevolence towards orphans (4. 37). Approach not the property of the orphan dluring his minority except for the best purpose (6. 153). Those who devour the property of the orphans wrongfully only fill their bellies with fire and! shall enter a blazing torment (4. 11). * * * The Holy Pr o phet (peace be on him) said: I. Of your homes the one Allah likes best is the one in which an orphan has an honoured place. 2. The best Muslim home is that in which an orphan is treated with kindness, and the worst is that in which an orphan is treated unkindly. 3. He who brings up an orphan well, whether related to him or not, will be as close to me in Paradise as my first finger is close to the second. 4. He who brings up three orphans well, is like the one who spends his nights in prayer and fasts during the day, or is out fighting in the cause of Allah. Such a one and I will be as close in Paradise as my first and second fingers are to each other. 5. He who meets an orphan and takes him along to eat and drink with him, will b� admitted to Paradise by Allah unless he should have been guilty of an unpardonable sin.