—I have none. Prayer, too, is among the secrets: a person may, if he wishes, say, ‘I have prayed,’ when he has not prayed.” Among the secrets are also the things hidden in people’s hearts, for which Allah recompenses His servants. Concerning this, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:

“Whether you reveal what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it” [al-Baqarah: 284].

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As for trusts between created beings, these consist of deposits and similar things that people entrust to one another. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:

“O you who believe, do not betray Allah and the Messenger, nor knowingly betray your trusts” [al-Anfāl: 27].

He also says:

“Indeed, Allah commands you to return trusts to their rightful owners” [al-Nisā’: 58].

“If one of you trusts another, let the one entrusted discharge his trust, and let him fear Allah, his Lord” [al-Baqarah: 283].

“Among the People of the Scripture are those who, if you entrust them with a great sum, will return it to you; yet among them are those who, if you entrust them with a single dinar, will not return it to you unless you constantly stand over them” [Āl ‘Imrān: 75].

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Return what has been entrusted to you to the one who entrusted it to you, and do not betray one who betrays you.”

Discharging trusts is among the signs of faith and the deeds of believers. Betrayal is among the signs of hypocrisy and the deeds of the wicked. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “There are three traits: whoever possesses them is a thorough hypocrite, and whoever possesses one of them has a trait of hypocrisy until he abandons it: when he speaks, he lies,