1907 - أكلُ مالِ اليَتيمِ‏

1907. THE CONSUMPTION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ORPHANS

(إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتامَى‏ ظُلْماً إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَاراً وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيراً) .¹

"Indeed those who consume the property of orphans wrongfully, only ingest fire into their bellies, and soon they will enter the Blaze." ²

(اُنظر) النساء : 2 ، 6 والأنعام : 152 والاسراء : 34 .

(See also: Qur'an 4:2, 4:6, 6:152, 17:34)

6819.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : شَرُّ المَآكِلِ أكلُ مالِ اليَتيمِ ظُلماً .³

6819.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most evil of food is the wrongful consumption of the property of the orphans.' ⁴

6820.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يُبعَثُ اُناسٌ مِن قُبورِهِم يَومَ القِيامَةِ تأجَّجُ أفواهُهُم ناراً ، فقيلَ لَهُ : يا رسولَ اللَّهِ ، مَن هؤلاءِ؟ قالَ : الّذينَ يَأكُلونَ أموالَ اليَتامى‏... .⁵

6820.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'On Judgment Day some people will be resurrected from their graves with fire enflaming from their mouths.' The Prophet was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said, 'Those who consume the property of orphans...' ⁶

6821.فاطمةُ الزَّهراءُ عليها السلام - في خُطبَةٍ لَها - : فَرَضَ اللَّهُ مُجانَبَةَ أكلِ أموالِ اليَتامى‏ إجارَةً مِن الظُّلمِ .⁷

6821. Fatima al-Zahra (AS), in one of her sermons said, 'Allah has made it incumbent to disassociate oneself from the consumption of the property of orphans in order to protect against oppression.' ⁸

418 - اليتيم‏

418. THE ORPHAN

1906 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ رِعايَةِ الأيتامِ‏

1906. ENJOINMENT OF LOOKING AFTER ORPHANS

(وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لاتَعبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَاناً وَذِي الْقُرْبَى‏ وَالْيَتامَى‏ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ) .¹

"And when We took a pledge from the Children of Israel: Worship no one but Allah, do good to parents, relatives, orphans, and the needy." ²

(اُنظر) البقرة : 177 و220 والفجر : 17 ، 18 والماعون : 2 ، 3 .

(See also: Quran:2:177,220, 89:17-18, 107:2-3)

6815.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أنا وكافِلُ اليَتيمِ كَهاتَينِ في الجَنَّةِ إذا اتَّقَى اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ - وأشارَ بِالسَّبّابَةِ والوُسطى‏ - .³

6815.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'I and the guardian of an orphan will both be like this in Heaven, if he is wary of his duty to Allah' - raising and joining his index and middle fingers. ⁴

6816.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ في الجَنَّةِ داراً يُقالُ لَها : دارُ الفَرَحِ ، لايَدخُلُها إلّا مَن فَرَّحَ يَتامَى المُؤمنينَ .⁵

6816.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is a house in Heaven called the House of Happiness, which none shall enter except those who have made the orphans of the believers happy.' ⁶

6817.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لِرجُلٍ يَشكو قَسوَةَ قَلبِهِ - : أتُحِبُّ أن يَلينَ قَلبُكَ ، وتُدرِكَ حاجَتَكَ ؟ : اِرحَمِ اليَتيمَ وامسَحْ رأسَهُ ، وأطعِمْهُ مِن طَعامِكَ ، يَلِنْ قَلبُكَ وتُدرِكْ حاجَتَكَ .⁷

6817. The Prophet (SAWA) said to a person complaining about his hardheartedness, 'Do you want your heart to become soft and acquire your needs? - have mercy on an orphan, stroke his head and feed him from your food, and your heart will become soft and you will achieve your needs.' ⁸

6818.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في‏وَصِيَّتِهِ قَبلَ‏شَهادَتِهِ - : اللَّهَ اللَّهَ في الأيتامِ ، فلا تُغِبُّوا⁹ أفواهَهُم ، ولا يَضِيعوا بحَضرَتِكُم ، فقد سَمِعتُ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يَقولُ : مَن عالَ يَتيماً حتّى‏ يَستَغنِيَ أوجَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ لَهُ بذلكَ الجَنَّةَ كما أوجَبَ لآكِلِ مالِ اليَتيمِ النّارَ .¹⁰

6818. Imam Ali (AS), in his will before his martyrdom said, 'By Allah, by Allah, [pay attention] to orphans. Do not be inconsistent with feeding them, coming one day and abandoning them the next, and do not deprive them of your presence, as I have heard the Prophet (SAWA) say, 'Whoever elevates an orphan until he becomes free from need, Allah will make it incumbent for him to enter Heaven just as He has made Hellfire incumbent for the consumer of the property of the orphan.' ¹¹