وَإِن کُنتُمْ عَلَى سَفَر وَلَمْ تَجِدُواْ کَاتِباً فَرِهَـانٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ فَإِنْ أَمِن بَعْضُکُم بَعْضاً فَلْیُؤَدِّ الَّذِی اؤْتُمِنَ أَمَـانَتَهُ وَلْیَتَّقِ اللهَ رَبَّهُ وَلاَ تَکْتُمُواْ الشَّهَـادَةَ وَمَن یَکْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُ ءَاثِمٌ قَلْبُهُ وَاللهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِیمٌ(( 283 ))
283- AND IF YOU ARE A JOURNEY, AND YOU DO NOT FIND A WRITER, THEN LET PLEDGE BE TAKEN (BY THE CREDITOR) BUT IF ONE OF YOU TRUSTS THE OTHER, THEN HE WHO IS TRUSTED SHOULD DELIVER HIS TRUST. (IN TIME) AND HE SHOULD BEWARE OF GOD HIS LORD. AND DO NOT CONCEAL THE TESTIMONY, THAT WHOEVER CONCEALS IT, HIS HEART IS SINFUL. AND ALLAH KNOWS ALL THAT YOU DO.