What is the ruling of Islamic law on the misuse of trust, what is the definition of betrayal, and what is the ruling on the betrayer in Islamic law?
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The Shari'ah encourages safeguarding trusts and forbids their squandering. It commands their return to their rightful owners, as Allah Almighty says: "Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due." Squandering a trust is a sin and a transgression against the commands of the Shari'ah. Treachery is the failure to advise the owner of a trust against its squandering and betraying them. Whoever commits an act of treachery is obliged to make sincere repentance by returning the right to its owner.
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