Deposits and Trusts
This subtopic gathers questions on property held for another as a deposit or trust. They concern keeping it, using or investing it, losing it, returning it, and a holder who cannot reach the owner.
Questions readers ask here:
- Is it obligatory to guarantee a trust that was destroyed by an irresistible force?
- Should the brother responsible for the heirs' money, who lost it in stocks, return all the money?
- What are the rulings on returning a trust and the punishment for neglecting it?
- Am I obliged to compensate my friend for the mobile phone that broke after falling from my bag?
A loan given or taken belongs under Loans and Debt.
26 questions
Is it permissible to dispose of in-kind aid entrusted to you by dividing it among the beneficiaries in installments, or by transferring part of it to another eligible recipient, knowing that you are able to compensate for the shortage?
What is the ruling on a treasurer taking the excess amount found in the fund, knowing that he makes up for any shortage from his own money?
How can one clear their conscience regarding a trust (clothes and simple items) belonging to people whose whereabouts are unknown and whose value cannot be estimated, given the family's difficult financial situation? Is it permissible to donate its value to the husband and family to meet their needs? And would that absolve one of sin?
Is it permissible to cover the treasury deficit with the surplus funds accumulated therein?
Is it permissible to distribute the remaining amount in the financial fund to the poor and needy with the intention of charity, for fear of being accused of theft if I transfer it to the company's account?
What is the Shariah ruling on a person selling land that was entrusted to him as an amanah (trust), and how should the heirs – especially the son who knows of his father's betrayal of the trust – act to restore the rights to their owners?
Is it permissible to cover the treasury deficit from the monetary surplus within it, especially if a year has passed since the surplus occurred and it has been reviewed without knowing its cause?
Is it permissible for someone who holds money belonging to another person, whose whereabouts are unknown, to give it to a third person who deals with the owner of the money, especially if there is no certainty that this person will deliver it to its owner, and particularly if this person is in financial distress and requested to take the money to return it?
Is it permissible to take samples of food materials for analysis or as a reference without the supplier's knowledge or consent, and what should we do with samples that have exceeded the permissible retention period if that is not permissible?
Is the mosque’s trustee obligated to pay the 750 EGP that was stolen from him while he was on his way to a government agency to complete the procedures for connecting water to the mosque, or does the mosque bear that [cost]?
Should the money that was handed over with the intention of giving it as charity be given to the giver's wife to spend on the needy children, or should it be given as charity as requested by the giver, knowing that his sister (who was specified to receive a portion of the money) cannot be consulted for her opinion?
What should a woman do who received a trust (the absent young man's share of the inheritance) if his brothers demand the money from her? Should she deny the existence of the money with her and swear on the Qur'an, knowing that her family and the owner of the money are severely ill?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on disposing of entrusted money without the owner's knowledge due to hardship, then returning it without their knowledge after the situation becomes easier?
What is the ruling on someone who took money to donate to a sick person but did not deliver it until the patient died, then vowed to give his first salary in charity upon moving to a higher position, knowing that he currently possesses the money and is able to give the charity, but he does not know what to do about his vow?
Are the husband or wife responsible for a lost trust document, especially after the sheikh who owed the amount of the document confessed to it? And what is the solution if they bear responsibility for it before God?
What should the shop owner do with the money remaining from selling items a person deposited with him and then did not return to claim, and what is the ruling concerning the few remaining items?
Is it obligatory to purchase something with money of questionable source, given that the sender of the money is young and well-off despite his family being of moderate means?
Is it permissible for me to manage a sum of money designated for mosque maintenance and distribution to the poor (which is relatively large) by depositing it in a bank or purchasing a car with it, then distributing portions of it monthly to the deserving and using it for mosque maintenance when needed, instead of disbursing the entire amount at once?
What should I do with the 100 pounds I received from a customer who has not returned to collect them after two months?
Is a person who received money to donate it, then used it for himself with the intention of repaying it later, and indeed repaid and donated it as instructed, considered sinful?
Is it permissible for the treasurer to take the slight surplus from the company's income, knowing that he covers any deficit from his own money?
What is the ruling on a treasurer taking money from the association's funds, which he is entrusted with, with the intention of returning it? And what must he do?
Is the intermediary considered to have betrayed the trust if he delivered it to the intended person who, in turn, lost it?
What should be done with someone who entrusted him with a prayer rug in the Haram and then disappeared from noon until after 'Isha?