Mentioning the ways in which trust is betrayed.

The Shaykh : Among these is what people are afflicted with today. A man may be the guardian of a woman and take charge of her marriage contract, yet he treats her as merchandise to be bargained over, and he will not marry her off except to one who offers him a large sum of money. Sometimes he will not marry her off except to one who has married his own daughter to him, or the like of that. This is a betrayal of trust. You find a man who has daughters, and a suitable match proposes to them, one who is suitable in his religion and character, but he refuses, either out of dislike for those of good character and religion, may Allah protect us from that, or in anticipation of a proposal from a merchant or a high-ranking official, or the like of that. Is this a fulfillment of trust or a betrayal of it?
The student: It is a betrayal of trust.

The Shaykh : It is a betrayal of trust. Also among these is that some people will not marry their daughter to a suitor who is suitable, unless he marries his daughter to them. He says: I am ready to marry you my daughter, but on the condition that you marry me your daughter, or on the condition that you marry me your sister, or the like of that. There is no doubt that this is a betrayal of trust. It is obligatory for the person who is entrusted with a trust to act in accordance with what the interest of that trust requires.
Also included in this is the authority of leading the prayer, for some imams do not fulfill what is obligatory upon them. For example, an imam in a mosque who does not strive to perform the recommended practice in the specific surahs he recites, or does not strive to perform the recommended practice in bowing, prostrating, and sitting, or the like of that. He looks at what people desire, not what the Shari'ah requires. If he leads them in the Fajr prayer on Friday, he recites in the first rak'ah and in the second rak'ah. They come to him and say: O Imam, you have prolonged the prayer for us. He says: Then I will give it up. He gives up what? The recommended practice. What do you want me to recite? They say: Recite and . These are fine surahs, but they do not fulfill the recommended practice. The recommended practice is to recite and in full, not divided. However, if on one of the days you recited something else, so that it becomes clear to people that reciting these two is not obligatory, that would be good. In the Friday prayer, what is prescribed for the imam to recite? Either al-Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqun, or Subhan and al-Ghashiyah. Many people, when he recites al-Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqun, and then people say to him: Why do you recite this? It is too long for us, he gives it up. This is not permissible. On the day of the festival, what does he recite? Subhan and al-Ghashiyah, or and . If he recites and , people say: This is long. Why do you recite these two surahs, even though reciting them is part of the recommended practice? The important point is that some people, even in authorities that every person can fulfill, are found to betray them and not do what is obligatory in them. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.