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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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You were entrusted with the money of orphans, and I am working with it and increasing it. Do I have the right to borrow from it?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I was entrusted with the money of orphans, and I am working with it and increasing it. Do I have the right to borrow from it?

Answer:
No, you do not have the right to borrow from it. This is a trust in your possession, and the trustee does not take anything from the money of the one who entrusted him. He does not take anything. Yes, if he borrows from other than the money of the minor, he borrows from his companions, his colleagues, or his friends. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1305 /1350] توليت أموال أيتامٍ وأنا أعمل فيه وأنميه هل يحق لي أن اقترض منه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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