Tuesday 12/November/2024 – 04:25 AM
His Eminence Dr. Nazir Muhammad Ayyad answered Mufti of the Republic To a question he received that read: What is the ruling on adding a sponsored child to a private health insurance system? A person has sponsored an orphan child several months ago, and wants to add him to the health insurance system of the sponsoring family. Is this considered one of the aspects of his sponsorship that is rewarded according to Islamic law?
His Eminence the Mufti said on the official website of the Egyptian Fatwa House: Adding the sponsored child to the health insurance system of the sponsoring family is considered one of the aspects of sponsorship for which the sponsor is rewarded according to Islamic law, and by which he receives great reward and abundant bounties from the Lord Almighty, and this falls within the generality of the Almighty’s saying: “And they ask you about the orphans. Say, ‘A reform for them is best.’” [البقرة: 220]. It is a means of achieving what the Egyptian legislator stipulated, namely the necessity of providing health care to the sponsored child.
Urging the noble Sharia to sponsor orphans
The Mufti continued: The honorable law urged the sponsorship of the orphan, his upbringing, kindness to him, and doing his affairs and interests, to the point that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, made the sponsor of the orphan with him in Paradise and his companion in it. On the authority of Sahl bin Saad, may God be pleased with him, that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, said: “ I And he who takes care of an orphan in Paradise is like this,” he said with his index and middle fingers. Narrated by Imam Al-Bukhari in his “Sahih”.
On the authority of Malik bin Amr, may God be pleased with him, he said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, saying: “Whoever joins an orphan between two Muslims to his food and drink until he can do without them, Paradise is certain for him.” It was narrated by the two imams: Ahmad in his “Musnad” and Al-Tabarani in “Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabir” and the pronunciation is his.
