The Trustee is a Guardian, and He Is Responsible, and the Intended Meaning of This Passage Specifically Is His Saying

The Shaykh: The intended meaning of this passage specifically is his saying: As for the servant entrusted with the master's wealth, he is responsible for this wealth because he is trusted with it. Or, other than the servant, such as one entrusted by the owner of the wealth, like a son, for example, whom his father relies on and trusts with his wealth. This son is responsible for this wealth. This entails that he must preserve it, increase it for him, and choose for his father from trade what he believes to be most likely to grow and multiply this wealth. If he falls short in any of that, he has fallen short in an obligatory duty for which he is responsible to attend to. This is the intended meaning of this phrase, namely his saying—peace and blessings be upon him—: The hadith will be repeated after one or more hadiths, and in it is the explicit statement of his saying: meaning a guardian. So by "the man" here, he means either the boy, i.e., the slave, or the man's son. Whether this is the intended or meant meaning, the important point is that whoever is trusted with a man's wealth is responsible for this wealth and for preserving it, as we mentioned.