currency

28 Jul 21

Purchasing Foreign Currency Online with Deferred Delivery

Question: Is it permissible to purchase foreign currency online and receive it at a later date? In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.  The Answer:  According to contemporary Hanafi scholars, it is permissible to purchase foreign currency and receive it at a later date as long as […]
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27 Jul 21

Is Gold the Currency of Islam?

The Dinar is typically referred to as the ‘currency of Islam’. The idea stems from the fact that the initial currency minted by an Islamic government was that of the gold Dinar and silver Dirham. It was the Caliph Abdul Malik ibn Marwan who ordered the minting of these currencies in the year 76 AH. […]
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