Before Islam, orphans and widows had no recognised social or human rights. When a guardian died, others schemed to take the property of his underage children, and a woman's right to inherit from her husband was not acknowledged.
Islam ended this and established the rights of orphans and the dignity of widows. Verse 2 of Surah An-Nisa says: give orphans their property, do not exchange bad things for good, and do not consume their wealth by mixing it with your own, for that is a great sin. Misappropriating an orphan's property is therefore strictly forbidden.
It is permitted to invest an orphan's property in a joint business solely for the orphan's benefit and pay them a proportionate share of the profit.
Supporting orphans and widows who have no earner in the family, through personal gifts, zakat and fitra, is described as greatly rewarded, and reliable hadith narrations give a high place to standing by helpless women and orphans.
Source: Dinajpur TV
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