اليَتيمُ
THE ORPHAN
الحَثُّ على رِعايَةِ الأيتامِ / Enjoinment of Looking After Orphans
1. رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِ: أنا وكافِلُ اليَتيمِ كَهاتَينِ في الجَنّةِ إذا اتَّقَى اللّه عز و جل وأشارَ بالسَّبّابهِ والوُسطى. (نور الثقلين: 5 / 597 / 23).
1. 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.
[ Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 5, p. 597, no. 23]
2. رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِ: إنّ في الجَنّةِ دارا يُقالُ لَها: دارُ الفَرَحِ، لايَدخُلُها إلاّ مَن فَرَّحَ يَتامَى المُؤمنينَ. (كنز العمّال: 6008).
2. 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.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6008]
اليَتيمُ
THE ORPHAN
3. رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِ لِرجُلٍ يَشكو قَسوَةَ قَلبهِ :أتُحِبُّ أن يَلينَ قَلبُكَ، وتُدرِكَ حاجَتَكَ ؟: اِرحَمِ اليَتيمَ وامسَحْ رأسَهُ، وأطعِمْهُ مِن طَعامِكَ، يَلِنْ قَلبُكَ وتُدرِكْ حاجَتَكَ. (الترغيب والترهيب: 3 / 349 / 14).
3. 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.’
[al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 3, p. 349, no. 14]
4. الإمامُ عليٌّ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ في وَصِيَّتِهِ قَبلَ شَهادَتِهِ: اللّه اللّه في الأيتامِ، فلا تُغِبُّوا أفواهَهُم، ولا يَضِيعوا بحَضرَتِكُم، فقد سَمِعتُ رسولَ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِيَقولُ: مَن عالَ يَتيما حتّى يَستَغنِيَ أوجَبَ اللّه عز و جل لَهُ بذلكَ الجَنَّهَ كما أوجَبَ لآكِلِ مالِ اليَتيمِ النّارَ. (الكافي: 7 / 51 / 7).
4. 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.’
[al-Kafi, v. 7, p. 51, no. 7]
أكلُ مالِ اليَتيمِ / The Consumption of the Property of the Orphans
5. رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِ: شَرُّ المَآكِلِ أكلُ مالِ اليَتيمِ ظُلما. (أمالي الصدوق: 395 / 1 ).
5. The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most evil of food is the wrongful consumption of the property of the orphans.’
[Amali al-Saduq, p. 395, no. 1]
6. رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِ: يُبعَثُ اُناسٌ مِن قُبورِهِم يَومَ القِيامَةِ تأجَّجُ أفواهُهُم نارا، فقيلَ لَهُ: يا رسولَ اللّه، مَن هؤلاءِ ؟ قالَ: الّذينَ يَأكُلونَ أموالَ اليَتامى. (تفسير العياشي: 1 / 225 / 47 (.
6. 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…’
[Tafsir al-`Ayyashi, v. 1, p. 225, no. 47]
7. فاطمةُ الزَّهراءُ عَلَيهَا السَّلامُ في خُطبَةٍ لَها: فَرَضَ اللّه مُجانَبَةَ أكلِ أموالِ اليَتامى إجارَةً مِن الظُّلم. (البحار: 79 / 268 / 7).
7. 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.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 268, no. 7]