Which is better: sponsoring an orphan or sponsoring a da'iyah (caller to Islam)?

The questioner : Regarding the virtue and which is greater in reward, which is better, sponsoring an orphan or sponsoring a da'iyah (caller to Islam)?

The Shaykh : Allah knows best. This varies from person to person. If you mean sponsoring a da'iyah (caller to Islam), meaning a Muslim man who calls to Islam, and you spend on him whether he is rich or not, or if you take responsibility for an orphan, this is a matter that is difficult for us to answer because it varies from one orphan to another and from one da'iyah (caller to Islam) to another. It is possible that this da'iyah (caller to Islam) can spend on himself, and it is possible that spending on him is, as is the reality with regret today, like many employees, indeed like many mosque imams, preachers, and da'iyah (callers to Islam) who are named; most of them take these salaries and then do not fulfill their right. It may be the case that it is like this, and it may be the case that it is the opposite: a man who has knowledge and activity in da'wah (calling to Islam), who works for Allah and not for money, in which case spending on him is better than spending on an orphan who may be able to be supported by a charitable organization or another person who does not care about da'wah (calling to Islam) and the da'iyah (callers to Islam) themselves. The important thing is that this issue varies from person to person.