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Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 24 The Twenty-Second Greater Sin:Khayanat Secrets are also trusts
Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 24 The Twenty-Second Greater Sin:Khayanat Secrets are also trusts
Secrets are also trusts
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Secrets are also trusts
Sometimes a person is told a secret and asked not to divulge it to others. This secret is also a kind of trust. It may also be that one learns of a secret regarding another person and is sure that that person would prefer that it is not made known to others. This secret is a trust according to Shari’a. To divulge a secret that one has come to know is Khayanat. The following saying of ‘Ali (a.s.) is present in Ghurarul Hikam:
“To divulge a secret that you are supposed to guard is Khayanat and betrayal.”
It is absolutely HarÄm to betray a secret which is a trust, whether of a friend or an enemy, of a righteous person or an evil one.
