Borrowing foreign currency and repaying it
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Question:
He says: A person borrowed foreign currency. What is the ruling on it and its amount? Is its ruling the same as that of gold and silver?
Answer:
Yes, all currencies are the same, whether they are gold and silver or paper money that is considered currency. If you have a debt, whether a loan or otherwise, you must repay it in the same type of currency you borrowed, or you may exchange it by giving him another currency through currency exchange, provided that the exchange takes place in the presence of both parties. Yes.
He says: A person borrowed foreign currency. What is the ruling on it and its amount? Is its ruling the same as that of gold and silver?
Answer:
Yes, all currencies are the same, whether they are gold and silver or paper money that is considered currency. If you have a debt, whether a loan or otherwise, you must repay it in the same type of currency you borrowed, or you may exchange it by giving him another currency through currency exchange, provided that the exchange takes place in the presence of both parties. Yes.
Source
دروس الحرم، درس التفسير من الحرم 12-08-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (48:31)
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