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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Who is entitled to the profit from trust money if the trustee uses it?

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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person who gives someone a trust of money, and the trustee uses it and makes a profit from this trust? Who is the profit for?

Answer:
It belongs to the owner, because he did not give him permission to do so, so the profit belongs to the owner. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي أن يكون النفع والأجر مجهولا، وجواز استئجار الأجير بطعامه وكسوته — islamhouse.com (53:50)

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