الغُلولِ The One Who Breaches His Trust (out of Rancour)

7ـ الدرّ المنثور عن ابنِ عبّاسٍ: نَزَلَت هذهِ الآيةُ: «وما كانَ لِنبيٍّ أنْ يَغُلَّ»في قَطيفَةٍ حَمراءَ افتُقِدَتْ يَومَ بَدرٍ، فقالَ بعضُ الناسِ: لَعَلَّ رسولَ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) أخَذَها! فَأنزَلَ اللهِ: «وما كانَ لِنبيٍّ أن يَغُلَّ».

7– 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 …”[ al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 2, p. 361]
 

8ـ الترغيب والترهيب: لَمّا كانَ يومُ خَيبَرَ أقبَلَ نَفَرٌ مِن أصحابِ النبيِّ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) فقالوا: فلانٌ شَهيدٌ، وفلانٌ شَهيدٌ، وفلانٌ شهيدٌ، حتّى مَرُّوا على رَجُلٍ فقالوا: فلانٌ شَهيدٌ، فقالَ رسولُ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): كَلاّ، إنّي رَأيتُهُ فِي النارِ في بُردَةٍ غَلَّها، أو عَباءَةٍ غَلَّها.

8– `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].’[al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 2, p. 307, no. 4]
 

9ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الغُلولُ كُلُّ شيءٍ غُلَّ عن الإمامِ، وأكلُ مالِ اليَتيمِ شُبهَةً، والسُّحْتُ شُبهَةً.

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Breach of trust includes anything that is taken unlawfully from one’s Imam [in the form of war booty before it has been justly divided], or usurping the property of an orphan, or consuming illicit gains.’[Tafsir al-`Aayyashi, v. 1, p. 205, no. 148]