1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from ibn abu ‘Awf who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘Meetings are trusts (in the hands of the attendants).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman from Zurara from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Meetings are a trust (that attendants must not violate).”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The meetings are trusts. No one must make public anything that one’s companion does not want to be made public unless it is with his permission, or he is trusted and does it only for his good.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.