Exchanging an entrusted banknote for another

Question

Question: Bakr leaves with Zayd, as a trust (amana), a ten-rupee note of the year ’40. When Bakr asks Zayd for his trust, Zayd, instead of the ’40 note that had been given in trust, returns a ten-rupee note of ’47. Is Zayd guilty of breach of trust (khiyana) or not?

Answer

It is not permissible to alter or dispose of a trust that has been left with someone, because this is contrary to the safekeeping of the trust. Thus it is in the widely used books, such as Mirʾat al-Majalla and others.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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