Mufti Menk – Allah Takes Care Of Orphans And Widows

My brothers and sisters, when a person passes

away, leaving behind some wealth, the estate of

the deceased needs to be sorted out in

a way that creates comfort and not a

disaster.

So remember, there will be orphans, there will

be widows, there will be boys and girls,

brothers and sisters,

children, sons and daughters, whoever it may be.

SubhanAllah.

Allah warns us about that wealth and Allah

says,

solve the matter, sort it out with justice,

and don't cheat or deceive anyone. Also,

don't unnecessarily

delay.

Any of these things would actually cause a

huge disaster in your home.

It would drive people

away from each other. It would split the

relationships within the broader family.

Remember, if you want to please Allah, you

will definitely have to do as Allah has

instructed and if you do that, you will

achieve a lot of comfort and you will

even protect yourselves

from falling into a crisis in the first

place. And this is why Allah says in

Suratun Nisa, which is a surah that is

named after the women.

He mentions

all the laws of inheritance

in great detail in this surah. And Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us,

waatuliatammaaamwalatatabadaluqabitabitayib

and give the orphans their wealth. Now when

Allah is instructing you, it means it's supposed

to happen quickly. Allah says, give them their

wealth

and don't

cheat them.

Don't eat their wealth.

Allah

says don't swap their wealth that is good

with yours that is not so good. If

they have something and it's really a good

thing and because they're young, because they're vulnerable,

women,

girls, the daughters,

the orphans, the young, because they don't know

so much about the wealth that is left

behind.

Many people tend to cheat them. They deceive

them. They delay giving them their wealth. They

find it very difficult to let go. Well,

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has warned us all

in this regard

and he actually names the surah, the surah

of the women to ensure that you did

not maltreat them. This is part of the

test of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. If you

want goodness, you need to ask yourself, am

I doing something wrong? If you're in a

crisis,

if you have a major issue in your

life, the first question you need to ask

yourself always is,

am I on the right page in my

relationship with Allah?

If not, what am I doing wrong? Have

I harmed someone? Have I oppressed someone? Have

I wronged someone? Did I steal someone's wealth?

Primarily

the orphans and the widows. Those are categories

of people who are

taken care of by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

himself.

He personally ensures

that they will be taken care of and

therefore anyone who oppresses them, who does wrong

to them, they will never have comfort in

their lives in the long term and at

times even in the short term.