Is there a hadith permitting an agent to relinquish the matter for which he was appointed, as in Abu Bakr’s saying to 'Umar, “Pray for the people”?

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The questioner : Is it permissible to derive from the hadith ... that the principal may relinquish the matter he entrusted to another?

The Shaykh : The permissibility of the agent relinquishing his authority.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : The principal is what the scholars call the agent, did you understand? This is a relinquishment, did we not mention this? We mentioned it, we said yes, if he is satisfied with it, yes.

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