A program of Character building at cadet college ormara (Pakistan Navy)

2. Trustworthiness In Islam
Lecturer Muhammad Tufail Raza

3. Contents
• Character Education
• Islamic Concept of trustworthy
• Importance of trustworthiness
• Verses from the Holy Quran
• Sayings of Holy Prophet SAW
• Views of Islamic classical
authorities
• Summary

4. Why is Character Education?
Character is the sum of continues
development of moral and ethical
qualities and the demonstration of
those qualities in
• responses
• thinking
• reasoning
• dealings

5. Why is Character Education
• Character Education prepares us for
following characteristics;
• social-emotional understanding
• conflict resolution
• violence prevention
• social skills training
• Human service learning

6. Six Pillars Of Character Building
1. Trustworthiness
2. Respect
3. Responsibility
4. Fairness
5. Caring
6. Citizenship

7. Now we will
proceed towards
the 1st trait of
character
building
Trustworthiness
In Islam

8. What is trustworthiness?
• As per Islamic term, Trustworthiness,
used for ( (‫امانت‬ , has extensive meanings
i. Honesty in Relations
ii. Honesty in Dealings
iii. Honesty in Business
iv. Honesty in Actions

9. Muhammad as Al-Amin
(the Trustworthy)
• The man of trustworthy (‫)االمین‬ prior to
declaration of his Prophet hood
• Installation of sacred Black Stone (Al-
Hajar Al-Aswad)
• Time of migration to Medina as occasion
of his trustworthy

10. • Admission of Abu-Sufian at Syria
• Declaration of Prophet Hood at Safa
• Acceptance as head of the state at
Madinah
• Words of a Abdullah Bin Salam (A great
religious Jewish scholar at Madinah)

11. Verses from Holy Quran

12. And if one of you deposits
something on trust with
another,
let the trustee discharge his
trust, and fear his Sustainer.
(Al Baqara: 283)

13. Verily! Allah
commands that you
should render back
the trusts to those to
whom they are due.
(Al-Nisa:58)

14. Damsels said about Hazarat
Moosa A.S
“O my (dear) father I engage
him on wages; truly the best
of men for you to employ is
the (man) who is strong and
trusty.”
{Qasas.. 24-26}

15. Sayings of Prophet
Muhammad SAW

16. Trustworthiness as the essential
part of Muslims’ faith
• One who is not trustworthy is not a
believer. (Ahmad)
• A believer as one whom the people trust
with their blood and property.
(Al-Tirmidhi)
• The person has no faith who has no
Trust ( Al_Mishkat)

17. He says encouraging all types of
trustworthiness.
“Promise me six things and I will
promise you Paradise:
i. Speak the truth
ii. Keep your promises
iii.Fulfill your trusts
iv.Remain virtuous
v. Don't look at what is unlawful
vi.And avoid what is forbidden.”
(Musnad Imam Ahmad)

18. Characteristics of Untrustworthiness
Holy Prophet Tells four signs of untrustworthy person
I. Whenever speaks, speaks a lie.
II. Whenever given Amanah, proves to be
dishonest
III. Whenever makes a promise, breaks it.
IV. Whenever quarrels, behaves in abusive
language

19. Trustworthy with animals
Once, annoyed at seeing a Companion
trying to deceive his horse, He SAW said:
"Stop deceiving animals. Instead, be
trustworthy with them.”(Al-Bukhari)

20. Disrespect for Untrustworthy Person
A banner will be raised on behalf of every
Untrustworthy person on the day of Judgment and
will be announced:
“This is because of the Untrustworthiness”
(Sahee Ul Muslim)

21. Honesty Leads to Righteousness
The holy Prophet SAW says
“Honesty leads to righteousness and
righteousness leads to Paradise.”

22. Views of Islamic classical authorities
•
Islamic Classical Authorities

23. Umar Bin Al-Khatab R.A
If being honest degrades
and lowers me,
and it would very rarely
do so,
it is more likeable to me
that having dishonesty
raise me,
and it would rarely do
so.

24. Imam Al-Jafer Al-Sadiq (A.S)
(The Son of Imam Zain Ul Abideen)
Be trustworthy, even to the killer of
Imam Ul-Husain (A.S.).

25. Hazrat Umar Ibn Abd Ul-Azeez
(Fifth Islamic Khalifa)
By Allah, I have not said a single lie since I
found out that lying dishonors the people
who commit it.

26. Trustworthy engenders strength on every level
• On personal level, it provides integrity, self
worth, and inner courage.
• On social level, it lends depth and substance
to our relationships with other people.
• On spiritual level, it brings about the
sincerity to our Lord that is the key to our
salvation.

27. A Universal Saying
Youth is time to learn
And
Age is time to understand

28. What is the philosophy of
Eid-Ul-Adha??
Eid-Ul-Adha
actually a
rehearsal to
sacrifice for
others