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It Ennobles Your House Among Muslims.

Prophet Muhammad, on him be peace, reportedly said: “The best household among the Muslims is a household wherein an orphan is treated well. And the worst household among the Muslims is a household wherein an orphan is ill-treated” (Ibn Majah).

It Blesses Your Wealth

The Prophet, on him be peace, said of spending on the orphan: “Indeed, this wealth is fresh and sweet. For blessed is all the Muslim possesses from which he gives the poor, and the orphan, and the wayfarer” (Bukhari and Muslim, 1465 and 1052, respectively)

It protects its giver from the trials and temptations of wealth and miserliness and elicits Allah’s forgiveness

Allah commands us: “So fear God as much as you can. Thus, hear and obey His commandments and spend charitably on what is good for your own souls. For whoever is safeguarded from the avarice of his own soul, then it is these who are the truly successful. If you lend God a goodly loan by your charitable offerings, He will multiply for you its reward. Moreover, He will forgive you. For God is ever thankful, most forbearing” (Surat Al-Taghabun, 64:16-17).

It Softens Your Heart

A man came to the Prophet, on him be peace, lamenting his hardness of heart. The Prophet, on him be peace, said to him: “If you want to soften your heart, feed the poor and pat the head of the orphan in tenderness” (Musnad Ahmad, No. 7576).

It helps place one among the righteous in the sight of God

“Righteousness in the sight of God is not the mere turning of your faces toward the East or the West. Rather, true righteousness dwells in one who believes in God, and in the coming Judgment of the Last Day, and in the angels, and in every revealed Book, and in all the prophets; and dwells in one, who — despite his love for it — gives of his wealth in charity to close relatives and orphans, and to the indigent and the wayfarer, and to beggars, and for the emancipation of slaves; and dwells in one who establishes the Prayer and gives the Zakat-Charity; and dwells in all those who fulfill their covenant when they make a covenant, as well as in those who are patient during periods of affliction and harm and times of conflict. These are the ones who have been truehearted, and it is such as these who are the God-fearing.” (Surat Al-Baqarah, 2:177)

It will continue to stream good deeds into your divine scales after you die

Sponsoring an orphan can be a dynamic sadaqah jariyah, that is, an ever-flowing, perpetual source of charity, for its giver. That means your orphan sponsorship can keep the good deeds flowing into your Heavenly Balance from multiple charitable wellsprings, even when your earthly actions have ended and you are in your grave.

Your orphan sponsorship holds three potential sources of sadaqah jariyah for you:

1. For sustaining the basic needs of the orphan
2. For every good benefit your sponsored orphan gives others in the world in its life
3. For as long as your sponsored orphan’s benevolent deeds continue to flow to others on earth