The Holy Quran 4:8 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

وَإِذَا حَضَرَ ٱلْقِسْمَةَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُ فَٱرْزُقُوهُم مِّنْهُ وَقُولُوا۟ لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا

Translation

When relatives, orphans and needy (all of whom do not have a fixed share of the inheritance) present themselves at the distribution (of the estate), then grant some of it to them (as a gesture of kindness with the permission of all the heirs) and speak kindly to them.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Kind treatment of poor relatives at the division of the inheritance: that is, when at the division of the inheritance people of the clan and family gather, then those relatives who receive no share in the inheritance, or those who are orphans and needy, send them off after giving them something to eat, or, as circumstances allow, give them too something…

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