Hadith 45

(The book) ‘Gawaly Al La’aly’ – It is reported by Muhammad Bin Muslim, ‘From one of the two (5th or 6th Imam-asws), he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about a man having in his hand livestock for a son of a brother of his, an orphan in his lap. Can he mingle their matter with the matter of his own livestock’. He-asws said: ‘If he were to manage their watering, and stands upon their feed, and repels their harm, let him drink from their milk without depleting the milking, nor harming to the children (young ones)’’. [53]
And it is reported, ‘There was a man having a lot of wealth in his possession for a son of a brother of his, an orphan. When the orphan was an adult, he demanded the wealth, but he prevented it from him. He raised it (the issue) to the Prophet-saww. He-saww ordered him to hand over the wealth to him. He said, ‘We obey Allah-azwj and we obey the Rasool-saww, and we seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from the great wrongdoing’. And he handed his wealth to him. And he-saww said: ‘One who saves his soul from greed and obeys his Lord-azwj like this, so he has loosened his disease, i. e. his wickedness’’. When the youth took his wealth, he spent it in the Way of Allah-azwj. The Prophet-saww said: ‘The Recompense is affirmed, and the burden (of sin) remains! ’
It was said, ‘How come, O Rasool-Allah-saww? ’
He-saww said: ‘The Recompense is affirmed for the boy, and the burden (of sin) remains upon his father’’. [54]
And it has come in another Hadeeth: ‘The pleasure is for others and the toil is upon his back’’. [55]
And Al-Reza-asws was asked, ‘How much is the least due to which he would be entering the Fire, the one having consumed from the wealth of an orphan? ’
He-asws said: ‘More of it and little of it is one (and the same) when it was from his intention that he will not return it’’. [56]
And from him-asws having said: ‘In the wealth of an orphan, there are two clear Punishments. As for one of these, it is punishment of the world, in Words of the Exalted: And let those fear who, should they leave behind them weakly offspring, [4: 9]. And as for the second, it is in the Hereafter, in Words of the Exalted: (As for) those who are devouring the wealth of the orphans [4: 10] – the Verse’’. [57]
And it is reported from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘In the book of Ali-asws: ‘The consumer of the wealth of an orphan, the scourge of that will come across him in its consequence, and the scourge of that will catch up with him in the Hereafter’’. [58]
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘By doing good in the offspring of others, you will be doing good in your own offspring’’. [59]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ –
‘Similar to it, and in it: ‘You will be protecting regarding your posterity’’. [60]
And he-asws said in his-asws bequest at his-asws expiry: ‘Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj regarding the orphans! Do not keep their mouths hungry, nor let them be wasted in your presence’’. [61]