138. Daud berkata, "Jadilah seperti bapa yang penyayang terhadap anak yatim. Ketahuilah bahawa engkau akan menuai sebagaimana engkau menanam. Alangkah buruknya kemiskinan selepas kekayaan! Lebih daripada itu: alangkah buruknya kesesatan selepas hidayah! Apabila engkau membuat janji kepada sahabatmu, tunaikanlah janjimu. Jika tidak, ia akan menimbulkan permusuhan antara engkau dengan dia. Berlindunglah kepada Allah daripada seorang teman yang, apabila engkau menyebut sesuatu kepadanya, tidak menolongmu, dan yang tidak mengingatkanmu apabila engkau lupa."
138. Dawud said, "Be like a merciful father towards the orphan. Know that you will reap as you sow. How ugly poverty is after wealth! More than that: how ugly is misguidance after guidance! When you make a promise to your friend, fulfil your promise. If you do not, it will bring about enmity between you and him. Seek refuge in Allah from a companion who, when you mention something to him, does not help you and who does not remind you when you forget." .
139. Al-Hasan berkata, "Aku masih ingat satu masa di kalangan kaum Muslimin ketika lelaki mereka akan menjerit (untuk mengingatkan keluarga mereka), 'Wahai keluarga! Wahai keluarga! (Jagalah) anak yatim kamu! Anak yatim kamu! Wahai keluarga! Wahai keluarga! (Jagalah) orang miskin kamu! Orang miskin kamu! Wahai keluarga! Wahai keluarga! (Jagalah) jiran kamu! Jiran kamu!' Masa begitu pantas merampas yang terbaik daripada kamu, sementara setiap hari kamu menjadi semakin hina." Hamza bin Nujayh berkata bahawa dia mendengar al-Hasan berkata, "Jika kamu mahu, kamu boleh melihat seorang yang menyimpang terjun 30,000 kali lebih dalam ke dalam Neraka. Apa yang tidak kena dengannya? Semoga Allah memerangi dia! Dia telah menjual bahagiannya daripada Allah dengan harga seekor kambing. Jika kamu mahu, kamu boleh melihat dia sempit dadanya dan berahi kepada jalan Syaitan. Tiada siapa yang memberi peringatan kepadanya – bukan dirinya sendiri dan bukan orang lain."
139. Al-Hasan said, "I remember a time among the Muslims when their men would shout (to remind their families), 'O family! O family! (Look after) your orphan! Your orphan! O family! O family! (Look after) your orphan! Your poor person! Your poor person! O family! O family! (Look after) your neighbour! Your neighbour!' Time has been swift in taking the best of you while every day you become baser." Hamza ibn Nujayh said that he heard al-Hasan say, "If you wish, you can see a deviant going 30,000 times deeper into the Fire. What is wrong with him? May Allah fight him! He has sold his portion from Allah for a price of a goat. If you like, you can see him constricted and desirous of the path of Shaytan. There is no one to warn him – neither himself nor anyone else." .
140. Asma' binti 'Ubayd berkata, "Saya berkata kepada Ibnu Sirin, 'Saya mempunyai seorang anak yatim dalam jagaan saya.' Beliau berkata, 'Layanilah dia sebagaimana engkau melayani anakmu sendiri. Pukullah dia sebagaimana engkau memukul anakmu sendiri.'"
140. Asma' bint 'Ubayd said, "I said to Ibn Sirin, 'I have an orphan in my care.' He said, 'Treat him as you would treat your own child. Beat him as you would beat your own child.'"