LESSON
# 472 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Wealth
Of Orphans
Surah NISAAA’ (WOMEN, Chapter - 4)
Verse
– 2 of 176, Section –24 (Part – 4)
And give unto orphans their wealth. Exchange
not the good for the bad (in your management thereof) nor absorb their wealth
into your own wealth. Lo! that is a great sin.
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Wa
‘aatul-yataamaaa
‘am-waalahum wa laa
tatabadda-lul-khabiisa
bit-tayyib. Wa laa
ta’-kuluuu ‘am-waala-hum ‘ilaaa
‘amwaalikum. ‘Innahuu kaana
huuban- kabiiraa.
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Lesson
Yataamaaa – (orphans)
those children, who do not have their parents, particularly father.
Khabiisan – (the bad) that
is to say; impure, unreal and unclean.
Huuban – (punishment
for a fault distressing), such sin and burden, the result of which is misfortune
and disaster.
It is evident from the name of this chapter “Nisaaa’ ” that the matters regarding the
women will be discussed especially along with their rights and duties in it.
Therefore, in the primary verses, at first it has been cleared that the birth
of man and woman takes place from the same one body. Consequently, sobriety and
God-fearing should be considered actual standard of excellence, and treat all
of them kindly and with kinship.
Now in the second verse, it is being commanded,
“Do not seize the wealth of orphans.” Doing so is just like mixing the impure in
to the pure. If any person uses the wealth of orphan unlawfully, as though he
is making his lawful and pure earnings also as unlawful, impure and bad. As any
person makes water-filled glass impure by putting a few drops of urine in to it
likewise by taking over (snatching through any means) insignificant and a
little wealth of the orphan, he makes unlawful entire earning of his life.
Purpose of revelation of this verse is told so,
that there was excessive wealth of a person’s orphan nephew in his care. When
his nephew became adult, he demanded his wealth, but his uncle denied to hand
him over. At that occasion, this verse was revealed, listening to it the uncle
returned his orphan nephew’s wealth and said, “We obey Allah Almighty and His
Messenger (grace, glory, blessing and peace be upon him)”.
It has also been described that it does not mean
that snatching the wealth other than orphan is lawful and you would not be
punished. No! Wealth of others is unlawful for you too, whether he/she is
anyone. Saying this crime huuban- kabiiraa (a great sin), the
importance of the reality of sin and crime has been cleared, so that nobody may
remain in doubt.
At first treating the relatives kindly, with mercy
and kinship was emphasized, then behavior with the orphans was explained and at
the end, it has been advised to correct the affairs with the entire children of
Adam (peace be upon him). It is the actual Spirit of Islam.
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