الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الكرم و يتيمBook of Generosity and the Orphan
بَابُ كُنَّ لِلْيَتِيمِ كَالأَبِ الرَّحِيمِChapter: Be to the Orphan Like a Compassionate Father
Hadith 140
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَلاَّمُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ سِيرِينَ: عِنْدِي يَتِيمٌ، قَالَ: اصْنَعْ بِهِ مَا تَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِكَ، اضْرِبْهُ مَا تَضْرِبُ وَلَدَكَ.
It is narrated from Asma bin Ubaid that I asked Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him), "I have an orphan under my care (how should I treat him)?" He replied: "Treat him as you treat your own children, and for whatever reason you discipline your own children, discipline him as well."
