Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: I said: "O Messenger of Allah! For what may I discipline the orphan in my care?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For whatever you would discipline your own child for, provided you are not increasing your wealth by means of his wealth, nor accumulating wealth for yourself out of his wealth."
Imam Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir; its chain contains a narrator, Mu'alla bin Mahdi, whom Ibn Hibban and others declared trustworthy, yet there is weakness in him, and the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).