What is the validity of the statement by some that wealth is a trust from Allah and we are vicegerents in it?
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Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some people say that wealth is a trust from Allah, and we are vicegerents in it. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is in the Qur'an:[Al-Hadid 57:7] He has been made a trustee over this wealth and tested and tried with it, so let him manage it well. Yes.
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some people say that wealth is a trust from Allah, and we are vicegerents in it. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is in the Qur'an:
and spend out of that in which He has made you successors
وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2618- 4717] ما صحة قول بعضهم: المال أمانة من الله ونحن مستخلفون فيه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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