وَءَاتُواْ
ٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰٓ
أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡۖ
وَلَا
تَتَبَدَّلُواْ
ٱلۡخَبِيثَ
بِٱلطَّيِّبِۖ
وَلَا
تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ
أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
كَانَ
حُوبٗا
كَبِيرٗا
٢
Give orphans their wealth ˹when they reach maturity˺, and do not exchange your worthless possessions for their valuables, nor cheat them by mixing their wealth with your own. For this would indeed be a great sin.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And give to the orphans their properties and do not substitute the defective [of your own] for the good [of theirs]. And do not consume their properties into your own. Indeed, that is ever a great sin.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Protecting the Property of the Orphans
Allah commands that the property of the orphans be surrendered to them in full when they reach the age of adolescence, and He forbids using or confiscating any part of it. So He said;
وَلاَ تَتَبَدَّلُواْ الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ
(and do not exchange (your) bad thi
…Protecting the Property of the Orphans
Allah commands that the property of the orphans be surrendered to them in full when they reach the age of adoles
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