Return the Trust

The Quran urges, “O people, pay the trust to the trustees.” (4:58) This Quranic command relates to the whole of life.

One form of trust is that if one has another’s property as a trust, it is obligatory for them to deliver it to its owner. In the same way, a teacher of a school is also a trustee, and the students are in his trust. The teacher must understand his responsibility and should not neglect the rights of the students entrusted to him. In the same way, when a person becomes the ruler of a country, that country has come under his trust and he has become its trustee. In such a case, the ruler must fulfill the expectations of the people.