​Trustworthiness

Trustworthiness begets prosperity and betrayal begets poverty.

 رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  لَيس مِنّا مَن يُحَقِّرُ الأمانةَ حتّى‏ يَسْتَهلِكَها إذا اسْتُودِعَها . بحار الأنوار : 75 / 172 / 13 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who belittles [the importance of returning] the trust such that he would spoil it when entrusted to him is not one of us.' Bihar al-Anwar,  v. 75, p. 172, no. 13

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  الأمانةُ تَجْلِبُ الغَناءَ ، والخِيانةُ تَجْلِبُ الفَقرَ  . بحار الأنوار : 75 / 114 / 6 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Trustworthiness begets prosperity and betrayal begets poverty.' Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 114, no. 6

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَنِ ائْتَمنَ غيرَ أمينٍ فليسَ لَهُ علَى اللَّهِ ضَمانٌ ، لأنّهُ قد نَهاهُ أنْ يأتَمِنَهُ‏  . بحار الأنوار : 103 / 179 / 3 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A man who trusts an untrustworthy person forfeits Allah's warranty, because He had prohibited him from trusting such a man [in the first place].' Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 179, no. 3

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن أمَّنَ رَجُلاً على‏ دَمِهِ فقَتلَهُ فأنا بَري‏ءٌ مِن القاتل ، وإنْ كانَ المَقتولُ كافراً. كنز العمّال : 10930 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When a man assures another of sparing his life and then kills him, [know that] I renounce the killer, even if the victim is an unbeliever.' Kanz al-Ummal, no. 10930