In an editorial published on 3 August 2026, a preacher based at a Dhaka mosque wrote that in pre-Islamic society orphans and widows had no established rights, and that Islam established protections for them.
The preacher cited Quranic verse 2 of Surah An-Nisa, which instructs that orphans' property be handed over to them and not be mixed with one's own wealth except for good purposes.
He also cited hadiths, including one that a person who cares for widows and the helpless is like a fighter in God's path, and another that the Prophet and the guardian of an orphan will be together in paradise.
A separate commentary argued that societies are not necessarily destroyed by individual sins but when they lose moral resistance to injustice, and that Islam emphasizes justice and truth even against one's own interests.
That commentary cited Quranic verses and a hadith about a woman from the Makhzum tribe to argue that justice must not be influenced by a person's status or family.
It also discussed the concept of 'asabiyyah' (blind group partisanship), referencing Ibn Khaldun and Imam al-Ghazali, and warned that social media intensifies the tendency to choose sides before verifying truth.
Both editorials present Islamic teachings as a basis for social justice, with the first focusing on orphans and widows and the second on justice and group bias.