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Islam Supporting Oppressed People

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Topic: Islam supporting the oppressed ones, women and children.
Class: BSCS 1D
Group members:
1. Hamza Ahmed Siddiqui 1712228
2. Zahara Quresh 1712255
3. Tazeen Fatima 1712251
4. Basit Raza 1712222
5. Syed Shoaib Ali Kazmi 1712249

Islam supporting the Oppressed people:
Oppressing someone is considered a major sin in Islam. The Holy quran states that the way (of blame) is only against those who oppress people and those who do wrong will come to know by what a great reversal they will be overturned.
Fourth caliph as an example:
Not only this the Hazrat Abu Bkr, who was the first caliph of Islam showed a great example of helping Hazrat Bilal by purchasing him and setting him free as his master used to torture him a lot. He also used …show more content…

His eldest son, Imam Hassan withdrew himself from the caliphate just to avoid any chaos for the population of the Islamic state.
Imam Hussain A.S , the grandson of prophet , also took a step in favour of the oppressed ones by travelling all the way from Madinah to Kufa when the people of Kufa wrote to him telling him about them being oppressed and asking for his help. Soon after this Imam Hussain went to Kufa with his family and companions and sacrificed his and their lives fighting against the oppressors. Even after losing his family he did not surrender against the army of Yazeed and set a great example of rising against the oppressor for us to follow till the end.
Till date Muslims are being oppressed in different parts of the world which clearly shows that Muslims are not the oppressors and an oppressor is never a true Muslim.
How Islam Supports …show more content…

Prophet pbuh himself became an orphan at the age of six and he also adopted a son, Zayd, who is said to be the object of his parental affection. An early Quranic verse[8] celebrates God’s providence and care towards him(Surat Ad-Duha). Other Quranic verses identify those who repulse the orphan as unbelievers.
The rewards waiting for those who feed orphans, poor and the prisoner for the love of God is also mentioned in the holy quran. Moreover, the there is also a warning those who wrongfully consume the property of orphans that the people who will do wrong to the orphans will be punished in the hereafter with "fire in their own bellies “The Quran also gives concrete instructions to the guardians regarding the orphans, particularly on how to protect their wealth and property

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