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Care for orphans, the poor, the sick and the traveller

Family: Charity and humane work · 6 entries

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Mut'im ibn Adi
c. 555 CEA chief of Banu Nawfal who never became a Muslim — yet tore up the boycott document against Banu Hashim and sheltered the Prophet under his protection when Mecca would not take him back from Ta'if.
Hisham ibn Amr al-Amiri
A prominent Qurayshi notable of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy who secretly supplied food to Banu Hashim during the boycott and initiated the effort of the five notables to tear up the unjust charter.

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Banu Hashim
The Prophet's own clan within Quraysh — divided over his mission yet bound to him by blood, sheltering him through the boycott whether they believed or not.

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Caring for orphans (kafalat al-yatim)
Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy urges honouring the orphan and stroking his head, presents the wisdom of orphanhood in the Prophet's life, and warns against replacing tenderness in the care of an infant.

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