Amanah

A trust: anything placed in your care that you must return, or use exactly as agreed.

Also written · Amana · Amaanah · Amanat · Emanet · Amaanat · Amanaat · Wadiah · trust · trusteeship · safekeeping · deposit · trustworthiness · fiduciary duty

The meaning

What Amanah means in Islam

The Qur'an commands rendering trusts back to those they belong to. Legally, someone holding an amanah is not liable for loss that occurs without negligence, which is what separates a deposit from a loan or from property seized. The word is also used morally, for the trust of life, of knowledge and of public office, and its opposite is khiyanah, betrayal, which the Prophet named among the signs of hypocrisy.

Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an

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Words that sit beside it

'AqdA contract: a binding agreement formed by an offer and its acceptance.عَقْد
Waqf (endowment)A permanent charitable endowment: property held forever so that its income keeps serving a purpose.وَقْف
WasiyyahA bequest: instructions for up to a third of your estate, taking effect after death.وَصِيَّة
MudarabahA partnership where one side provides capital and the other the work, sharing agreed profits.مُضارَبة