56 AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC FINANCE
- See 16: 91-92; 17:34.
- See 23:8.
- See, for example, 5:1; 2:282; 6:151 153; 9:4; 16:91–4; 17:34–6; 23:8.
- See, for example, 2: 58 and 283; 12: 52; 23: 1–8; and 42: 107, 125, 143, 162,
178, 193. - For example, in a few short, but signifi cant statements (quotations from Payandeh
1984), he declares:
■ (^) “The person who is not trustworthy has no faith, and the person who breaks
his promises has no religion.”
■ (^) “Maintaining promises perfectly is a sign of faith.”
■ (^) “There are three (injunctions) that no one is allowed to violate: treating par-
ents kindly regardless of being Muslim or non-believer; keeping a promise
whether to a Muslim or to a non-believer; and returning what is entrusted
for safekeeping—regardless of whether the person entrusting is a Muslim or
a non-believer.”
■ (^) “Return what is placed in your trust for safekeeping to the person who has
trusted you and do not betray even the one who has betrayed you.”
■ (^) “Three (behavioral traits), if found in a person, then he is a hypocrite even
if he fasts, prays, performs bigger and smaller pilgrimages, and says ‘I am a
Muslim:’ when he talks, he lies; when he promises, he breaches; and, when
trusted, he betrays.”
- See 2:282; 4:105, 107–08; 6:152; 8:127 and 75–6.
- See 9:4.
- Qur’an 9:34.
- See the Qur’an 5:2.