What is the validity of this statement: “Wealth is a trust from Allah, and we are its vicegerents”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the validity of this statement: “Wealth is a trust from Allah, and we are its vicegerents”?
Answer:
We are vicegerents in it, yes. This is in the Qur’an: “He has made you vicegerents therein.” As for it being a trust, I do not know. Wealth is your property; Allah gave it to you, made you its master, and gave you ownership of it so that you may spend from it. It is not merely a trust. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the validity of this statement: “Wealth is a trust from Allah, and we are its vicegerents”?
Answer:
We are vicegerents in it, yes. This is in the Qur’an: “He has made you vicegerents therein.” As for it being a trust, I do not know. Wealth is your property; Allah gave it to you, made you its master, and gave you ownership of it so that you may spend from it. It is not merely a trust. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1977- 4717] ما صحة هذا القول:(المال أمانة من الله ونحن مستخلفون فيه)؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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