Preserving the Trust and Its Types
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Question:
Abu Sa'd from al-Jawf says: In the words of Allah the Exalted[Al-Mu'minun 23:8], he asks, may Allah bless you, how does the Muslim preserve the trust? And what are the types of the trust?
Answer:
The trust has types, the greatest of which is the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Prayer is a trust, ablution is a trust, and all acts of obedience are trusts. As He (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Al-Ahzab 33:72].
The trust referred to here is the trust of the religious obligations. Allah offered these creatures this trust as an option: if they fulfilled it, they would receive reward, and if they failed in it, they would face punishment. They chose safety. They preferred safety over the gain, so they feared it.[Al-Ahzab 33:72] We feared it and what would follow from it, so we chose safety.
As for man, Adam and his descendants, they accepted it, preferring the gain over safety. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, placed the trust of the religious obligations upon them, and they bore it. They divided into three categories, as Allah mentioned:[Al-Ahzab 33:73] The polytheists, male and female, refused to bear it, both outwardly and inwardly. The hypocrites bore it outwardly but neglected it inwardly. As for the believers, they bore it both outwardly and inwardly. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh
Abu Sa'd from al-Jawf says: In the words of Allah the Exalted
And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَAnswer:
The trust has types, the greatest of which is the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Prayer is a trust, ablution is a trust, and all acts of obedience are trusts. As He (Mighty and Majestic) said:
Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُThe trust referred to here is the trust of the religious obligations. Allah offered these creatures this trust as an option: if they fulfilled it, they would receive reward, and if they failed in it, they would face punishment. They chose safety. They preferred safety over the gain, so they feared it.
Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَاAs for man, Adam and his descendants, they accepted it, preferring the gain over safety. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, placed the trust of the religious obligations upon them, and they bore it. They divided into three categories, as Allah mentioned:
so that Allah may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allah may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women
لِّيُعَذِّبَ اللَّهُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ وَيَتُوبَ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الشيخ الفوزان 15-07- 1438هـ. — youtube.com (3:31)
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