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Allah Subhanawatala describes the righteous in Paradise as being those who took care of orphans during their worldly life.
‘And they [the righteous] give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive…’ Al Insan(76): 8
Allah Subhanawatala suggests that a person who ignores orphans is not really a believer.
‘Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense [the religion]? For that is the one who drives away the orphan’. Al Ma’un (107): 1-2
Below Ayah tells us that orphans actually have the right to be taken care of. But with every right comes responsibility, and the Quran places this responsibility on the individual, meaning every Muslim should give to orphans in need.
‘They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend [in charity]. Say, “Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveller. And whatever you do of good – indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.”’ Al Baqarah (2): 215