الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل البر وصلة الرحمIssues of Righteousness and Maintaining Family Ties
بَابُ التَّرْغِيْبِ فِي كَفَالَةِ الْيَتیْمِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ إِلَيْهِ، وَمَسْحٍ رَأْسِهِ وَالشَّهْرِ عَلَى الْأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ
Chapter on encouragement to sponsor orphans, be kind to them, caress their heads, and care for widows and the needy
Hadith 9063
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ لَهُ أَوْ لِغَيْرِهِ أَنَا وَهُوَ كَهَاتَيْنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا اتَّقَى اللَّهَ وَأَشَارَ مَالِكٌ (أَحَدُ الرُّوَاةِ) بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who takes care of an orphan, whether his own or someone else's, out of fear of Allah, and I will be in Paradise like this. Along with this, Malik the narrator gestured with his index and middle fingers.
Hadith 9064
عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنِيَ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ الْبَتَّةَ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ امْرَأً مُسْلِمًا كَانَ فِكَاكَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ يُجْزَى بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Malik bin Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever includes an orphan, who has lost both parents, in his own food and drink until that orphan becomes independent, then Paradise is absolutely obligatory for such a person. And whoever frees a Muslim slave, it will be a cause for his freedom from Hell; every limb of that slave will suffice for every limb of the one who freed him from the Fire.
Hadith 9065
عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَالِكٌ أَوِ ابْنُ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنِيَ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ الْبَتَّةَ وَأَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً أَوْ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا كَانَتْ فِكَاكَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ وَالِدَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ
Zararah bin Aufi narrates from a companion of his people named Malik or Ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever Muslim keeps an orphaned child—who has lost both Muslim parents—with him in his food and drink, until Allah Almighty makes that orphan self-sufficient, then Paradise will definitely become obligatory for him. Whoever Muslim frees a Muslim slave, this will become a cause for his freedom from the Fire. And whoever finds both or even one of his parents and still enters Hell, then Allah Almighty will distance him.
Hadith 9066
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحَرِّجُ حَقَّ الضَّعِيفَيْنِ الْيَتِيمِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ
Syedna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: O Allah! I declare forbidden and unlawful the rights of two weak ones: the orphan and the woman.
Hadith 9067
وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَقَالَ امْسَحْ رَأْسَ الْيَتِيمِ وَأَطْعِمِ الْمِسْكِينَ
Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrates that a man complained to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the hardness of his heart. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stroke the head of an orphan and feed the poor."
Hadith 9068
عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ مَسَحَ رَأْسَ يَتِيمٍ لَمْ يَمْسَحْهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا يَدُهُ حَسَنَاتٌ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى يَتِيمَةٍ أَوْ يَتِيمٍ عِنْدَهُ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever strokes the head of an orphan only for the sake of Allah Almighty, for every hair over which his hand passes, he will receive a good deed equal to the number of those hairs. And whoever does good to an orphan boy or girl, I and he will be in Paradise like these two fingers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then indicated with his index and middle fingers.
Hadith 9069
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ السَّاعِي عَلَى الْأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ كَالَّذِي يَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَيَصُومُ النَّهَارَ
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who strives for the widow and the poor is like the one who fights in the way of Allah, or like the one who stands in prayer at night and fasts during the day.
