THE PROHIBITION OF KILLING CHILDREN

 *THE PROHIBITION OF KILLING CHILDREN*

ALLĀH says,

> *وَلَا تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَكُم مِّنۡ إِمۡلَٰقٍۖ*

> *Do not kill your children (male or female) for fear of poverty.*

That is, because you are worried about how to provide for them, as happened during the jahiliyah when hard-heartedness and injustice prevailed. If they are prohibited to kill their own children in this situation, then killing their children for no reason, or killing the children of others, is even more emphatically prohibited, for

> *نَّحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُكُمۡ وَإِيَّاهُمۡۖ*

> *WE provide for you and for them.*

That is, WE have guaranteed the provision of all. You are not the ones who provide for your children or even for yourselves, so there is no need to worry about them.

*{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}*

#sadi #Anam (6:151)