The One Who Breaches His Trust (out of Rancour)

Ibn Aabbas narrated, ‘The verse: “A prophet may not breach his trust, and whoever breaches his trust will bring his breaches on the Day of Resurrection” was revealed with regards to a red velvet shawl that got lost on the day of the battle of Badr, so some people started saying that maybe the Prophet (SAWA) had taken it! So Allah revealed the verse: “A prophet may not breach his trust …”

Aumar narrated, ‘On the day of the battle of Khaybar, some of the Prophet (SAWA)s companions came to him, [listing who had been martyred], ‘x is a martyr, y is a martyr, etc… until they mentioned a particular man as having been martyred, upon which the Prophet (SAWA) exclaimed, ‘No way, verily I have seen him burning in the Fire, clad in a shawl or a cloak that he had taken [as a breach of trust of the war booty].

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Breach of trust includes anything that is taken unlawfully from ones Imam [in the form of war booty before it has been justly divided], or usurping the property of an orphan, or consuming illicit gains.