Betraying trust

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
And peace and blessings be upon the honor of the prophets and messengers.
Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and companions.
Tasliman kathiran kathira.
From my brother and sisters,
Allah, the Exalted, mentioned the issue of integrity in Islam.
Integrity is the very meaning of Islam.
The very meaning of Islam is integrity because
Tawheed is to give what is due to the one to whom it is due.
And it begins with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And what is due to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is that only He, Jalla Jalaluhu, should be worshipped.
And that no one must be worshipped instead of Him or along with Him.
This is what Tawheed is.
And therefore in Tawheed we begin with denying the worship of anyone and everyone.
And then we confirm that worship is only to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Tawheed begins with Nafi.
La ila.
There is no God.
La ilaha.
There is no God.
Illa Allah.
Except Allah.
And that is the isbat.
That is where we confirm that except Allah.
That is the fundamental principle in Islam, is to behave with integrity.
And that's why in Surah Al-Ma'idah, the first ayat,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu,
awfu bil'uwa,
wal'uquud.
Allah said,
O believers,
honour your obligation.
Honour your trust.
Honour whatever has been given to you in amanah.
Honour your word.
Honour your promises.
Anything which begins with Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu is a hukum of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
It's a command of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
It is obligatory on us to obey that command.
So Allah said,
Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu,
awfu bil'uquud.
O you, O believers, O you who believe,
honour your obligations.
Honour your word.
Honour your promise.
I remind myself and you that if we do not do that,
then we come under the punishment of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
In Surah Al-Anfal, Allah said,
Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu,
awfu bil'uquud.
Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu,
la takhoonu Allah wa rasoola,
wa takhoonu amanatikum wa antum ta'alamoon.
Allah said,
O you who believe,
do not do khiyana.
Do not betray Allah and His Messenger,
nor betray knowingly the things entrusted to you.
And this includes everything which Allah has ordained,
which includes,
which includes your,
anything as in material thing,
and it also includes anything as in something which has been,
which you have been entrusted with as a trust.
Meaning, something that somebody says,
this is a secret,
this is something which I am telling you in confidence,
and do not share this with anyone.
All of these come under amanat.
All of these things are things which are entrusted,
which are something which we are obliged to,
we are obliged to fulfill and not to betray those trusts.
Right?
Not to do khiyana in it.
In Surah An-Nisa, Allah said,
Inna Allaha ya'murukum an tu'addul abdullah,
an tu'addul amanati ila ahliha,
wa idha hakamtum bayna an-nasi an tahkumubil adl,
inna Allaha ni'ma ya'izukum bih,
inna Allaha kana sami'an basira.
Allah said, indeed Allah commands you
to return the trusts to their rightful owners.
Meaning, keep your word, keep your promises,
don't betray.
And when you judge between people,
judge with fairness.
What a noble commandment from Allah to you.
Surely Allah is all-hearing, all-seeing.
Rasulullah , in a Sahih Hadith,
in Bukhari and Muslim,
he said, narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ,
who said that Rasulullah said,
there are four characteristics.
There are four characteristics.
Whoever has them all is a pure hypocrite.
He's a pure munafiq.
And whoever has one of them has one of the characteristics of hypocrisy.
He has one of the qualities of nifaq.
Until he gives it up,
when he makes a covenant,
and these are the four qualities.
One, when he makes a covenant, he betrays it.
When he speaks, he lies.
When he makes a promise, he breaks it.
And when he disputes, he resorts to all.