سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الوصاياWills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)
باب مَا جَاءَ مَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ الْيُتْمُChapter: What Has Been Related About When One Ceases Being An Orphan.
Hadith 2873
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَدِينِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُقَيْشٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ شُيُوخًا مِنْ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ ، وَمِنْ خَالِهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ : حَفِظْتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُتْمَ بَعْدَ احْتِلَامٍ وَلَا صُمَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ .
Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: I memorised (a tradition) from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: There is no orphanhood after puberty, and there is no silence for the whole day till the night.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
An orphaned child, after reaching maturity (bulugh), becomes responsible for his own affairs.
And with this, the rulings specific to orphanhood are lifted from him.
If, in reality, he is intelligent and sensible, then in matters such as buying and selling and marriage, his own decision will be given preference.
However, if it is not established that he is sensible in these matters, then the guardian (wali) will remain his overseer.
As is mentioned in Surah an-Nisa:
(وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامَىٰ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَ فَإِنْ آنَسْتُم مِّنْهُمْ رُشْدًا فَادْفَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ) (an-Nisa, 6/4) "And test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage; then if you perceive in them sound judgment, deliver to them their wealth."
And another issue is that the fast of silence was a practice among pre-Islamic people.
In Islam, this has been prohibited.
And the command has been given to remember Allah and to speak with goodness.
An orphaned child, after reaching maturity (bulugh), becomes responsible for his own affairs.
And with this, the rulings specific to orphanhood are lifted from him.
If, in reality, he is intelligent and sensible, then in matters such as buying and selling and marriage, his own decision will be given preference.
However, if it is not established that he is sensible in these matters, then the guardian (wali) will remain his overseer.
As is mentioned in Surah an-Nisa:
(وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامَىٰ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَ فَإِنْ آنَسْتُم مِّنْهُمْ رُشْدًا فَادْفَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ) (an-Nisa, 6/4) "And test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage; then if you perceive in them sound judgment, deliver to them their wealth."
And another issue is that the fast of silence was a practice among pre-Islamic people.
In Islam, this has been prohibited.
And the command has been given to remember Allah and to speak with goodness.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2873
