How is a Kuwaiti debt repaid after a change in the currency's value?
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The questioner : Okay, a second question. There was a man in Kuwait. This man had a female neighbor who had eight hundred Kuwaiti dinars with him, and she gave him eight hundred dinars. At that time, the dinar was worth one dinar, and these monies were a trust. So this man left Kuwait before the Gulf War, before these problems, and came to Jordan. Do you understand? After he came to Jordan, this woman came with the Gulf problems, and the dinar became two and a half. So now he is confused about what to do with it. Does he give her two and a half, or does he give her one dinar for one, or does he give her Iraqi dinars? I mean, he doesn't know what he should give her.
The Shaykh : He gives her the value of the dinar on the day he received the dinars from her, two and a half for every dinar.
The questioner : And she received one dinar for one, meaning he gave her eight hundred Iraqi dinars.
The Shaykh : Are you repeating your words now?
The questioner : Eight hundred Kuwaiti dinars. The Kuwaiti dinar was one Jordanian dinar.
The Shaykh : You are two and a half, what?
The questioner : The Kuwaiti dinar was one Jordanian dinar, then the dinar rose and became two and a half. When he came, he said to her, "I want to give you your money." She said to him, "No, leave them with you as a trust." Now the Kuwaiti dinar, I mean, has disappeared. So what does this man return to her? Does he give her 800 Kuwaiti dinars, or does he give her 800 Jordanian dinars?
The Shaykh : Perhaps the Kuwaiti dinar was suspended. I answered your question, but now we are taking another path. Yes, perhaps the Kuwaiti dinar was suspended and no longer has value. This paper, yes, it has more value than that one. Yes, why is it written on it? Yes, no problem. He must pay her 800 Kuwaiti dinars, even if it is suspended.
The questioner : What does the man need to understand about what is being said?
The Shaykh : I answered you: he pays her the value of the Kuwaiti dinar on the day he received these dinars from her. That is our position. Yes, yes. How much was the Kuwaiti dinar at that time? One Jordanian dinar. If he pays eight hundred Jordanian dinars
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. But the Jordanian dinar has dropped in value, sir.
The Shaykh : At that time, my brother.
The questioner : I am telling you about the value, the value as a value.
The Shaykh : He gives her the value of the dinar on the day he received the dinars from her, two and a half for every dinar.
The questioner : And she received one dinar for one, meaning he gave her eight hundred Iraqi dinars.
The Shaykh : Are you repeating your words now?
The questioner : Eight hundred Kuwaiti dinars. The Kuwaiti dinar was one Jordanian dinar.
The Shaykh : You are two and a half, what?
The questioner : The Kuwaiti dinar was one Jordanian dinar, then the dinar rose and became two and a half. When he came, he said to her, "I want to give you your money." She said to him, "No, leave them with you as a trust." Now the Kuwaiti dinar, I mean, has disappeared. So what does this man return to her? Does he give her 800 Kuwaiti dinars, or does he give her 800 Jordanian dinars?
The Shaykh : Perhaps the Kuwaiti dinar was suspended. I answered your question, but now we are taking another path. Yes, perhaps the Kuwaiti dinar was suspended and no longer has value. This paper, yes, it has more value than that one. Yes, why is it written on it? Yes, no problem. He must pay her 800 Kuwaiti dinars, even if it is suspended.
The questioner : What does the man need to understand about what is being said?
The Shaykh : I answered you: he pays her the value of the Kuwaiti dinar on the day he received these dinars from her. That is our position. Yes, yes. How much was the Kuwaiti dinar at that time? One Jordanian dinar. If he pays eight hundred Jordanian dinars
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. But the Jordanian dinar has dropped in value, sir.
The Shaykh : At that time, my brother.
The questioner : I am telling you about the value, the value as a value.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 967 — d3watuna.com (4:59)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.