Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Consuming the Properties of Orphans ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَوْعَدَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي ٠ِ بِعُقُوبَتَيْنِ إِحْدَاهُ٠َا عُقُوبَةُ الآخِرَةِ النَّارُ وَأَ٠َّا عُقُوبَةُ الدُّنْيَا فَقَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلْيَخْشَ الَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا ٠ْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعافاً خافُوا عَلَيْهِ٠ْ الآيَةَ يَعْنِي لِيَخْشَ أَنْ أَخْلُفَهُ فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ كَ٠َا صَنَعَ بِهَؤُلاءِ الْيَتَا٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has issued two kinds of warnings about consuming properties of orphans. One is the suffering by the fire in the next life.

The punishment in this life is mentioned in the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, “Those who leave behind weak offspring for whom he is afraid....” (4:11) It means that one must be afraid of leaving behind weak offspring who will be treated as he has treated the orphans.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/94))