78. Adab (Good Manners and Form)

٧٨۔ كتاب الأدب

78.24 The superiority of the one who looks after an orphan.

٧٨۔٢٤ باب فَضْلِ مَنْ يَعُولُ يَتِيمًا

bukhari:6005ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from my father > Sahl b. Saʿd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this," putting his index and middle fingers together.  

البخاري:٦٠٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا وَقَالَ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى