What is the ruling on one who mixes his money with his mother’s money without any profit or increase for her? Does he have a sin in that?

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Question:
The questioner says: I have an elderly mother, and I mix her money with my own without any profit or increase for her. Do I have a sin in that, knowing that her money does not decrease in any way?

Answer:
If she has deposited her money with you and made it a trust in your keeping, then you must preserve it and consider it a trust that you are obligated to protect, keep safe, and return to her if she asks for it, or to her heirs if she dies. Allah the Exalted said:

Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا

[An-Nisa 4:58]

. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

(ﷺ) said: "Give back what has been entrusted (to you) to him who has entrusted you, and do not violate the trust of him who violates your trust."

صلى الله عليه وسلم أد الأمانة إلى من ائتمنك، ولا تخن من خانك،

Bulugh al-Maram 7:134

So, preserve this money. If you do well with it and work to grow it and seek profit by trading with it, through buying or selling so that it increases and yields profit, this is excellence if your mother has given you permission to use it in trade. If she has given this permission, there is no harm. But if she says, “Keep this money safe until you ask for it or the heir asks for it after her,” then do so. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يخلط ماله بمال أمه من غير أرباح أو زيادة لها، فهل عليه ذنب في ذلك؟ علمًا بأن مالها لا ينقص — youtube.com

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