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regarding the Statement of Allah: "And whoever amongst the guardian is rich, he should take no
wages, but if he is poor, let him have for himself what is just and reasonable (according to his work).
This Verse was revealed regarding the orphan's property. If the guardian is poor, he can take from the
property of the orphan, what is just and reasonable according to his work and the time he spends on
managing it.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 97
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That he asked `Aisha regarding the Statement of Allah:
"If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls..." (4.3) She said, "O son of
my sister! An Orphan girl used to be under the care of a guardian with whom she shared property. Her
guardian, being attracted by her wealth and beauty, would intend to marry her without giving her a
just Mahr, i.e. the same Mahr as any other person might give her (in case he married her). So such
guardians were forbidden to do that unless they did justice to their female wards and gave them the
highest Mahr their peers might get. They were ordered (by Allah, to marry women of their choice
other than those orphan girls." `Aisha added," The people asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) his instructions after
the revelation of this Divine Verse whereupon Allah revealed:
"They ask your instruction regarding women " (4.127) `Aisha further said, "And the Statement of
Allah: "And yet whom you desire to marry." (4.127) as anyone of you refrains from marrying an
orphan girl (under his guardianship) when she is lacking in property and beauty." `Aisha added, "So
they were forbidden to marry those orphan girls for whose wealth and beauty they had a desire unless
with justice, and that was because they would refrain from marrying them if they were lacking in
property and beauty."
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Ibn `Abbas said ( regarding the verse), "And when the relatives and the orphans and the poor are
present at the time of division, "this verse and its order is valid and not abrogated."