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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the verse: ((And when the relatives, orphans, and the poor are present at the division, give them [something] from it and say to them [words] of appropriate kindness.))

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Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of the estate وإذا حضر القسمة أولوا القربى واليتامى والمساكين فارزقوهم منه
[An-Nisa 4:8]
What appears to me, and knowledge is with Allah, from this verse and the one before it is that people in the past, when they intended to divide the deceased's wealth, would divide it openly and visibly, whether for people in general or visibly for those around them, based on His saying:
And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of the estate and speak to them words of appropriate kindness. إذا حضر القسمة أولوا القربى
[An-Nisa 4:8]
The relatives أولوا القربى
We take the grammatical analysis first.
And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of the estate and speak to them words of appropriate kindness. وإذا حضر القسمة أولوا القربى
[An-Nisa 4:8]
The division القسمة
is a fronted object, and
those who are related أولوا
is a delayed subject, raised by the waw because it is annexed to the plural of masculine sound nouns, and its nun was deleted due to the addition,
And the orphans واليتامى
is conjoined to
The owners أولو
, and
The poor المساكين
is conjoined to
those who are related أولوا
. And His saying:
Give them فارزقوهم
is the answer to the conditional "if," and the faw is attached to it because it is a request, and the answer that is attached with the faw is of seven types, summarized in a verse of poetry:
Nominal request, with a static word, with "ma," with "qad," with "lan," and with the negation of the request
What type is the answer clause with us? It is a request.
then provide for them [something] out of the estate and speak to them words of appropriate kindness. فارزقوهم منه وقولوا لهم قولا معروفا
[An-Nisa 4:8]
It is clear now. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
And when [other] relatives وإذا حضر القسمة
[An-Nisa 4:8]
meaning the division of the inherited wealth. If they are present,
the close relatives أولوا القربى
meaning the relatives who do not inherit. We said "who do not inherit" because those who inherit have a share of this divided amount, but those who do not inherit,
the close relatives القربى
here means what? It means kinship.
and the orphans واليتامى
is the plural of "yateem" (orphan), which is one whose father died before he reached maturity. Before the maturity of whom? The father or the child? The child. One whose father died before he reached maturity, whether male or female.
And the Poor والمساكين
are the poor. They are called "masakin" (the poor) because poverty makes them dwell [in silence]. Indeed, poverty—may Allah protect us and you from it—necessitates humiliation and that a person does not speak, because he feels that he is not responsible and not accepted, so you find him silent and not speaking because he is not heard. But this poor person of ours may be heard.
Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that. رب أشعث أغبر مدفوع بالأبواب لو أقسم على الله لأبره
Sahih Muslim 2622
The whole matter is that you should be honorable in the sight of Allah. And if you are honorable in the sight of Allah, you will be honorable in the sight of the people. But do not seek to be honorable in the sight of Allah in order to be honorable in the sight of the people. Seek to be honorable in the sight of Allah to attain His pleasure, and if Allah is pleased with you, He will make the people pleased with you. He said:
So provide for them from it. فارزقوهم منه
meaning give them, because "rizq" (provision) means giving. And His saying:
from it منه
and He did not say "in it," because these people are given from the head of the wealth, from the principal of the wealth. As for the wealth of orphans, Allah, the Exalted, said:
and provide for them therein وارزقوهم فيها
And it has been mentioned to us before that He said:
In it فيها
and He did not say "from it," because they are given after trading with it, so they are given from the profit, which is an indication of what was mentioned before that it is recommended for the guardian of the orphan to trade with his wealth so that he obtains what he can give from it. But here He said:
provide for them from it ارزقوهم منه
meaning from this wealth that is being divided in front of them.
and speak to them words of appropriate kindness. وقولوا لهم قولا معروفا
[An-Nisa 4:5]
Subhan Allah! Kindness to them in action and kindness in words.
speak to them words of appropriate kindness. قولوا لهم قولا معروفا
[An-Nisa 4:5]
meaning a good word that pleases their souls. Let us suppose that the wealth is much and that every heir will receive, for example, one million riyals. If you give the poor person present one hundred riyals, he might say: "One hundred from a million?" Say to him a word of appropriate kindness that pleases his soul, so that you combine for him verbal kindness and practical kindness. The opposite—may Allah protect us from it—is one whose heart is stone; when he finds an orphan around him, he says: "What has this one come for? Go, seek provision from Allah." So his heart is not soft for the servants of Allah nor merciful to them. And a person must consider that if he were in this state, what would he do? He would look for something of this wealth and would see that one of the hardest things for him is to be turned away, especially if he is turned away to a group of people who are not known or recognized. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says in this verse:
And when [other] relatives وإذا حضر القسمة ...
[An-Nisa 4:8]
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Source alathar.net

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