Trustworthiness
37 sayings
Muhammad Bin Qasim says that he mentioned to Abul Hasan, Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) regarding the person who had entrusted someone with something valuable. "The trustee is an Arab and he is competent enough not to return the trust. Whereas the one who entrusts is a wretched Khariji (enemy of Ahlul Bayt)?"
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 109 link
Hazrat Imam Zainul Abedin (a.s.) advises his Shias:
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 109 link
If a person makes good the trust in his possession, he unties a thousand knots that had tied him to Hell. So, do not be sluggish in delivering trusts. When one becomes a trustee, Iblees orders a hundred of his assistants to follow him so that they may deviate him and suggest him to defalcate. They continue to pursue him till he is doomed. Except the one who is saved by Allah (a.j.).
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 109 link
Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it, and man has turned unfaithful to it; surely he is unjust, ignorant.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 110; Surah Ahzaab 33:72 link
Both Shias as well as Sunnis agree that before his passing away the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) had said,
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 112 link
And among the followers of the Book there are some such that if you entrust one (of them) with a heap of wealth, he shall pay it back to you; and among them there are some such that if you entrust one (of them) with a dinaar he shall not pay it back to you except so long as you remain firm in demanding it; this is because they say: There is not upon us in the matter of the unlearned people any way (reproach); and they tell a lie against Allah while they know.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 118; Surah Aale Imraan 3:75 link
The enemies of Allah lie! I have corrected every custom and belief of the age of Jahilya (ignorance) but (the matter of) trust is as it was. Whether the trust belongs to a righteous person or an evil one, it has to be returned.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 119; Tafseer Majmaul Bayan link
One day a poor man came to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and told him of his poverty. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said,
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 122; Naaseekhut Tawarikh Vol.3, Pg544 link
"Allah did not appoint anyone to the prophethood unless he was honest and trustworthy."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 251 link
Some of the companions of Imam Sadiq (a.s) have narrated him as saying the following to his children: "O' Children! Please honor what you are entrusted with so that your worldly and heavenly life remains healthy. Be trustworthy and you will need nothing
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 252 link
In Rauzat al-Vaezeen it is narrated that Imam Zayn al-Abedin (a.s) told his followers: "You ought to return what you are entrusted with to its owner. I swear by Allah who rightly appointed Muhammad to the prophethood that even if the murderer of my father Imam Hussein (a.s) entrusts me with his sword with which he killed my father, I shall return it to him."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 253 link
"The dearest person near Allah is the one who is honest in his speech; the one who guards (i.e. he performs) his prayers, and does what is incumbent upon him; and the one who returns what he is entrusted with." He then added: "Whoever is entrusted with something and returns what he is entrusted with has indeed opened up one thousand knots of the Fire of Hell from around his own neck. Therefore compete with each other in being trustworthy, and know that Satan will appoint one hundred of his followers to tempt whoever is known to be trustworthy. They will tempt him to violate the trust, and get ruined. Only those protected by Allah the Almighty shall be saved."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 254 link
"Do not only consider how much a person prays and fasts, how many times he goes on pilgrimage, how many good deeds he has performed and how much he engages in supplications at night. But consider his honesty and trustworthiness."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 255 link
"There are three acts which we must do no matter what happens: honor whatever we are entrusted with whether it belongs to a good person or a bad one; honor our promises whether they be to a good person or a bad one; and treat our parents with kindness whether they are good or bad."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 256 link
People who sit together must be careful of safe-guarding the trust. It is not permitted for a believer to expose a secret of his believing brother."
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 123; Behaarul Anwaar Vol.16 link
The same chapter also mentions the wives of Hazrat Lut (a.s.) and Hazrat Nuh (a.s.) in the following words:
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 123; Surah Tahrim 66:10 link
Three types of people will be under the shade of Divine mercy when there will be no other shade: One), the person who arranges the marriage of his believing brother. (Two), the person who procures a servant for his believing brother. (Three), the person who has maintained a secret of his believing brother
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 126 link
In Al-Mahasin it is narrated that Imam Sadiq (a.s) said "Return whatever you are entrusted with to its owner, even if the owner is the murderer of Imam Hussein (a.s)."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 245 link
: "Be pious and return the property that you have been entrusted with, since I shall even return any property of Imam Ali's (a.s) murderer to him, if he entrusted me with his property."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 246 link
Abdullah ibn San'an said that once he went to see Imam Sadiq (a.s) in the mosque. Imam Sadiq (a.s) had finished saying his afternoon prayers and was sitting facing the Qibla He told Imam Sadiq (a.s): "O' grandson of the Prophet! There are several rulers who have entrusted their treasury with me, but do not pay you your due one-fifth levy. Should I return their property to them?" Imam Sadiq (a.s) replied "I swear three times by the Lord of this Qibla that even if Ibn Muljam who has killed my grandfather (Imam Ali (a.s)) (and I wish to take revenge on him) entrusts his property with me, I shall return it to him."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 247 link
"The residents of the planet Earth will receive divine blessings as long as they love each other, act righteously, and honor what they are entrusted with."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 248 link
Imam Sadiq (a.s) was questioned about Allah's statement: "We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains, but being afraid, they all refused to undertake it. However man undertook it- he was indeed unjust and foolish." [The Holy Quran: Ahzab 33:72]. He was asked: "What was offered to them? What did man undertake? What is it?" Imam Sadiq (a.s) replied "Trust between the people was offered, and this was done during the creation of the creatures."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 249 link
"One who violates the trust with which he is entrusted does not belong to my nation."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 250 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The best form of faith is trustworthiness, and the worst vice is betrayal.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2905-2906; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 955 link
There are three things regarding which Allah, the Exalted, did not allow any flexibility: returning a trust to its owner, be he good or wicked; keeping one's pact with both the good and the wicked; and kindness to one's parents whether they be good or wicked
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 162, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 955 link
Trustworthiness is prosperity
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 955 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not betray a man who trusts you, even if he betrays you. And do not disclose his secrets even if he discloses yours
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 208, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 956 link
Fear Allah and return the trust to he who has entrusted it to you, for verily even if the killer of the Commander of the Faithful (AS) left a trust with me, I would return it to him
Amali al-Saduq, p. 204, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 956 link
Return the trust, even to the killer of al-?usayn b. Ali.
Amali al-Saduq, p. 204, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 956 link
An untrustworthy man is a man without faith.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 198, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 956 link
He who belittles [the importance of returning] the trust such that he would spoil it when entrusted to him is not one of us
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 172, no. 13; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 link
O my son! Return the trust in order to save your life in this world and in the hereafter; and be trustworthy in order to be prosperous
Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 253, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 link
Trustworthiness begets prosperity and betrayal begets poverty.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 114, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When trustworthiness is fortified, truthfulness increases.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4053; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 link
A man who trusts an untrustworthy person forfeits Allah's warranty, because He had prohibited him from trusting such a man [in the first place].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 179, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 link
You were not betrayed by a trustworthy man, rather you trusted a traitor.
al-Tahdhib, v. 7, p. 232, no. 1013; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 958 link
It makes no difference to me to trust a traitor or a careless man.
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 301, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 958 link
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