سورة الإسراء

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ishaq ibn Ammar said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "The pilgrim (haji) will never be afflicted with imlaq." I asked: "What does imlaq mean?" He said: "It means bankruptcy and poverty." Then he recited: وَ لاَ تَقْتُلُواْ اولادکُمْ خَشْیَةَ إِمْلاقٍ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَ إِیَّاکُم [And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too)].

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ لاَ تَقْتُلُواْ اولادکُمْ خَشْیَةَ إِمْلاقٍ [And do not kill your children for fear of poverty]; that is, out of fear of poverty and hunger.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): After Allah appointed Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) to the messengership in Mecca, for a period of ten years the belief of the followers of the Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) was that Allah is One and has no partner and that Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is His messenger. Anyone who held these two beliefs and departed from this world entered Paradise, and all the followers of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) who died upon this belief are counted among his followers, except those who died as polytheists. The proof of this is that Allah the Mighty and Majestic said in Surah Bani Israil, which was revealed in Mecca: وَ قَضی رَبُّکَ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ إِیَّاهُ وَ بِالْوالِدَیْنِ إِحْساناً إِمَّا یَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَکَ الْکِبَرَ أَحَدُهُما أَوْ کِلاهُما فَلا تَقُلْ لَهُما أُفٍّ وَ لا تَنْهَرْهُما وَ قُلْ لَهُما قَوْلاً کَریماً [And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him, and goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) "Ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word]. Here He has confined Himself to admonition, counsel, teaching and a light prohibition, and no promise or threat has been set out for those who commit the prohibited acts. In another place He has forbidden and warned against a matter, but did not go to severity nor threaten with punishment, and Allah said in the Qur'an: وَ لا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلادَکُمْ خَشْیَةَ إِمْلاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَ إِیَّاکُمْ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ کانَ خِطْأً کَبیرا [And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong].