Is it permissible to use trust money for charity?

The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! The questioner says: I have a trust in the form of a sum of money. Do I have the right to dispose of the money I hold in trust by giving it as charity?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
The questioner says: I have a trust in the form of a sum of money. Do I have the right to give the money I hold in trust as charity?

The Shaykh:
If the trust is placed with you for the purpose of charity, and you are instructed to give charity, then give it as charity. If it is for safekeeping, then keep it safe until you return it to its owner. A trust varies; if a trust of money, food, or clothing is placed with you, and the person says to you, "Give this to the poor as charity," then seek out the poor and give it to them according to what was told to you. If it is a trust for safekeeping until the owner comes back to you for it or takes it from you, then keep it safe until you return it to its owner. If you mean something else, the meaning you intend must be clarified. Yes.