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Trust Trust We Praise Allah Lord of the Realms, and his prayers and blessings be upon his Messenger Mohammad and upon all his family and companions. Allah Almighty ordered us to render back trusts “Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due” [Al-Nisa’ 4:58] {إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا} النساء: 58 Transliteration: Inna Allaha yamurukum an tuaddoo alamanati ila ahliha He warned us of betraying it “O you who have believed, do not betray Allah and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].” [Al-Anfal 8:27] {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَخُونُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ} الأنفال: 27 Transliteration: Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la takhoonoo Allaha waalrrasoola watakhoonoo amanatikum waantum taAAlamoona The Messenger of Allah informed us that betraying a trust is an act of hypocrisy, he said: The signs of a hypocrite are three: 1. Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie. 2. Whenever he promises, he always breaks it (his promise). 3. If you trust him, he proves to be dishonest. (If you keep something as a trust with him, he will not return it.) [Reported by Al-Bukhari] ‹‹آية المنافق ثلاث: إذا حدث كذب، وإذا وعد أخلف، وإذا اؤتمن خان›› رواه البخاري Ka’b Ibn Zuhair – May Allah be pleased with him – said in his poetry:- I preserve the trust never betray it As the wrong route is the betrayers end Why all the concern with trust? Trust is the foundation of this world, could it be imagined without it? If one of us seeks a husband to his daughter, he would want the best of men trusted to keep this precious trust. The sensible man would take the religious woman as a wife that could be trusted with his honor, children and home. Life is balanced this way, the more trust is betrayed the more life is corrupted. The Messenger of Allah said: there will come a day when people will deal in business with each other but there will hardly be any trustworthy persons among them. Then it will be said “that in such-and-such a tribe there is such-and-such person who is trustworthy”. [Reported by Al-Bukhari] ‹‹فلا يكاد أحدهم يؤدي الأمانة، فيقال: إن في بني فلان رجلا أمينا›› رواه البخاري The Messenger of Allah informed the companions – May Allah be pleased with them – about the state of corruption the world will come to when the elite of people following him disappear leaving behind the evil ones who spoiled their covenants and trust. He said: What will you do in near future where people are about to be sieved greatly, there will remain scum of people who confused their covenants and trusts. [Reported by Ibn Majjah and authenticated by Al-Albani] ‹‹كيف بكم وبزمان يوشك أن يأتي يغربل الناس فيه غربلة، ثم تبقى حثالة من الناس قد مرجت عهودهم وأماناتهم›› رواه ابن ماجه وصححه الألباني Therefore, whenever the people emerge deeper in corruption the more corrupted their living turns until trust vanishes, apparently the world won’t be fit for living, subsequently the hour will arise, confirmed by the words of the Messenger of Allah who said: “When trust is lost, then await the Hour (Doomsday).” [Reported by Al-Bukhari] ‹‹إذا ضيعت الأمانة فانتظر الساعة›› رواه البخاري The most trusted amongst People No wonder that trust is one of the special attributes of the carriers of the greatest trust, it is the trust of conveying the Message of Allah Almighty. Allah qualifies for such rank the most trustworthy among his creatures, for his revelations “The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down” [Al-Shu’ara’ 26:193] {نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ} الشعراء: 193 Transliteration: Nazala bihi alrroohu alameenu It was Jibreel - May Allah’s peace be upon him - the one trusted with revelation. Allah wants people to believe his call to them, thus he sends to people trusted men from among them. In Surat Al-Shu’ara’ Allah Almighty informs us with the common quality every Messenger shares “Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger” [Al-Shu’ara’ 26:162] {إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ} الشعراء: 162 Transliteration: Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun Our Prophet was famous for his trustworthy reputation among his people before and after the revelation, for this reason people used to entrust him with their belongings to preserve it. When he made his Hijjrah (emigration) to Madina, he delegated ‘Ali Ibn Aby Talib – May Allah be pleased with him – to return the entrusted belongings to its owners. He was the most trustworthy person among people, and that’s how the people of knowledge calling people to this message must be, as they are carrying the greatest trust, which is the Message of Allah to his slaves. The Origin of Trust The scholars have traced the origin of trust to two Matters: Firstly A trust for the rights of Allah Exalted he be, which is acts of worship. Its everything Allah have imposed on his slaves like Praying, Zakat (Obligatory Charity), Fasting Ramadan, purification and other kinds. It also covers refraining from what Allah had forbidden us from prohibited matters. Our eyesight is a trust that we were entrusted with, so we preserve by not looking at forbidden things, our hearing ability is a trust entrusted to us to preserve from hearing forbidden matters, the heart is a trust entrusted to us to keep it safe from any trivial knowledge that would affect it. Allah Almighty said “Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.” [Al-Isra’ 17:36] {إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا} الإسراء: 36 Transliteration: inna alssamAAa waalbasara waalfuada kullu olaika kana AAanhu masoolan This is the trust that had been entrusted by Allah to his slaves to carry it, who carries it out righteously will be honored while who neglects it is will be fined!!! Secondly Trust connected to people’s rights, which also goes under the order of Allah, He Almighty “Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due” [Al-Nisa’ 4:58] {إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا} النساء: 58 Transliteration: Inna Allaha yamurukum an tuaddoo alamanati ila ahliha Trust in the rights of people is numerous: 1- Monetary trust It is the sum of money entrusted to a person to preserve it on behalf of its owner, who does not return this trust will not be trustworthy and held accountable for it. Also the wage of a laborer is a trust to whomever he works for, this kind is considered one of the greatest trusts. Whoever abates the right of a servant or cut down the wage of a laborer let him know the woes he will be undergoing by The Glorious The Almighty. The Prophet said in Holy Hadith: Allah said, I will be an opponent to three types of people on the Day of Resurrection: 1. One who makes a covenant in My Name, but proves treacherous; 2. One who sells a free person and eats his price; and 3. One who employs a laborer and takes full work from him but does not pay him for his labor.” [Reported by Al-Bukhari] ‹‹قال الله تعالى: ثلاثة أنا خصمهم يوم القيامة: رجل أعطى بي ثم غدر، ورجل باع حرا فأكل ثمنه ، ورجل استأجر أجيرا فاستوفى منه ولم يعطه أجره›› رواه البخاري A person must beware not to be an opponent to Allah The King of Judgment day, so whoever hires a laborer and doesn’t give him his right, he has betrayed the trust.