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Wrongfully Consuming an Orphan’s Property (Part 2)

Wrongfully Consuming an Orphan’s Property (Part 1)

One of the early Muslims recounted, “I was at first used to committing sins and drinking wine. Then, one day, I received a poor orphan. I was kind to him; I fed him, bathed him, and clothed him. I treated him as tenderly as a man does with his own son and more. Afterwards, I went to sleep. I dreamt that it was the day of Judgement and I was called for reckoning. Then, I was to go to Hell for my sins. I was dragged by the angels of punishment to the Fire. Meanwhile, when I was being dragged to the Fire, the orphan blocked me and said, ‘O angels of my Lord, let him go. So as to intercede for him before Allah since he treated me kindly and honored me.’ But the angels said, ‘We were not commanded to do so.’ Then came the call of Allah, “Let him go. I forgave him because of the orphan’s intercession and the kind treatment he showed him. Then, I got up and repented to Allah the High Exalted. Later on, I kept on doing my best to show mercy to orphans.

Wrongfully Consuming An Orphan’s Property (Part 1)

Allah, the Most High, says, {Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans eat up fire into their own bodies: they will soon be enduring a blazing fire.} (Al-Nisa’: 10)

The Qur’an also states, {Come not nigh to the orphan’s property except to improve it, until he attains the age of full strength.} (Al-Imran: 152)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “When I was taken up in Ascent (Mi’raj), I saw some men gapping their jaws under the coercion of other men. Then came another men who fed them stones of fire that penetrated their bodies and came out from their anus. I wondered: ‘Who are they, Gabriel?’ He replied, ‘They are those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a fire into their bodies.” (Reported by Muslim)

Al-Ikhlas (Purity of Faith)

Allah is one; He is neither two nor three. He has no spouse nor offspring. He is Supreme and Omnipotent. The Qur’an tells us: “God says, ‘Do not take two gods; He is the One God, so fear Me’” (al-Nisa: 51). Elsewhere in the Qur’an, we read: “Do not say, ‘Three gods.’ Refrain from saying so for your own good. God is but One God; far too highly glorified is He to have a son” (al- Nisa’: 171).

The principle of Tawheed is the very soul of Islam. In comparison to God, as we come to know Him through the Qur’an, everything and everyone else is utterly powerless and helpless. The Qur’an abounds with strong arguments supporting this principle:

Never has God begotten a son, nor has there ever been any other god besides Him. Were the opposite to be true, each god would govern his own creation, and some would have overwhelmed others. Exalted be God above their falsehood. He knows the unknown as well as the manifest. (al-Mu’minun: 91–92)

Accepting Usurious Gain

Allah, the Almighty, says, {O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah, that ye may (really) prosper.} (AI-Imran: 130)

The Qur’an also states, “Those who devour usury will not stand except as stands one whom Satan by his touch hath driven to madness; that is because they say, ‘Trade is like usury,’ but Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury.” (AI-Baqarah: 275)

On the Day of Judgement, they will be resurrected from their graves, swerving like he who is seized by Satan owing to what they devoured of usury that grew in their stomachs to such an extent that they would hardly be

Al-Falaq (Daybreak)

Allah answers those who plead with Him and seek His protection. This surah and the one that follows it teach us how to seek God’s protection against all kinds of ill-feelings and evil intentions, which we constantly encounter in life. God says, “We try you with evil and good to test you” (al-Anbiya’: 35); and: “We have tried them [the Israelites] with adversity and prosperity, so that they might mend their ways” (al-Araf: 168).

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