*,:,6. And give not to the foolish your
property which Allah has made for
you a means of support; but feed
them therewith and clothe them and
speak to them words of kind advice.
*,:, 6. Do not hand over the charge of property belonging to you which
Allah has made for
you as a means of support, to those who are mentally incapable of managing
it properly.
So feed them therewith and clothe them properly and speak kindly to them.
Note: Here the society is addressed as a whole while the property in
question is not national
property but belongs to the orphans whose number grows exceedingly large
during wars.
Obviously a considerable part of national wealth will be involved in such
exceptional
circumstances. Tf a nation as a whole docs not take care of such property
and leaves it entirely
to the care of children, inexperienced and incapable of handling their
wealth sensibly, this is
bound to adversely influence the entire national economy. To resolve this
problem the nation
is addressed as a whole and made responsible for the proper care of the
properly in question as
if it belonged to them. It docs not mean, however, that such orphans will
be disinherited or
dispossessed of their individual rights permanently. The following verse
and the verse 11
make the real import of this verse abundantly clear.
