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Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 10

The Women · Medinan · Juz 4 · Page 78

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا ۖ وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا ﴿10﴾
Verily, those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, they eat up only fire into their bellies, and they will be burnt in the blazing Fire!
إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
يَأْكُلُونَ yakulūna consume
أَمْوَٰلَ amwāla wealth
ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ l-yatāmā (of) the orphans
ظُلْمًا ẓul'man wrongfully
إِنَّمَا innamā only
يَأْكُلُونَ yakulūna they consume
فِى in
بُطُونِهِمْ buṭūnihim their bellies
نَارًۭا ۖ nāran fire
وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ wasayaṣlawna and they will be burned
سَعِيرًۭا saʿīran (in) a Blazing Fire

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(Ayah 10) In this verse, further emphasis is placed on the protection of the wealth of orphans and abstaining from it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Avoid the seven destructive things." The companions asked: "O Messenger of Allah! What are they?" He said: "Associating partners with Allah, magic, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden without right, consuming usury, consuming the wealth of an orphan, fleeing on the day of battle, and slandering chaste, innocent women." [ بخاری، الحدود، باب رمی المحصنات : ۶۸۵۷، عن أبی ھریرۃ رضی اللہ عنہ ]

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10. Those who wrongfully consume the wealth of orphans are only filling their bellies with fire [16], and soon they will enter a blazing Hell.

[16]
Consuming the Wealth of an Orphan is a Major Sin:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Avoid the seven destructive sins." The Companions asked, "What are they?" He said, "Associating partners with Allah, sorcery, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, consuming usury, consuming the wealth of an orphan, fleeing from the battlefield, and slandering chaste, innocent, believing women."
[بخاری۔ کتاب الوصایا۔ باب __QUR_0__ مسلم، کتاب الایمان۔ باب بیان الکبائر وأکبرھا]
Also, while narrating the incident of Mi'raj, he said: I saw some people whose lips were like those of camels, and an angel would open their lips and throw burning coals into their mouths, which would come out from their behinds, and they would scream and wail in pain. Then the angel would again put the coals into their mouths, and this punishment was continuous for them. I asked Jibreel ؑ, "Who are these people?" Jibreel ؑ replied, "These are the people who used to wrongfully consume the wealth of orphans."