The Value of the Islamic Dirham in Saudi Riyals
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, eight hundred dirhams, how much is that worth these days in Saudi Riyals?
The Shaykh:
It is forbidden because the dirham. The Saudi dirham is more than the Islamic dirham. I think the Islamic dirham is equal to about a quarter of the Saudi Riyal. The Saudi Riyal is heavier than the Islamic dirham, and this goes back to the standardization. It is standardized. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a part of a person is cut off.
The Shaykh:
Therefore, they said regarding zakah, they said silver, if it reaches one and a half. Forty mithqals, this is the nisab of silver, one hundred and forty mithqals, one hundred and forty mithqals in Saudi Riyals, they calculated it and found it to be fifty-six Saudi Riyals. One hundred and forty equaled fifty-six Saudi Riyals by weight of silver, the silver Saudi Riyal, so this is converted and known.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, eight hundred dirhams, how much is that worth these days in Saudi Riyals?
The Shaykh:
It is forbidden because the dirham. The Saudi dirham is more than the Islamic dirham. I think the Islamic dirham is equal to about a quarter of the Saudi Riyal. The Saudi Riyal is heavier than the Islamic dirham, and this goes back to the standardization. It is standardized. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a part of a person is cut off.
The Shaykh:
Therefore, they said regarding zakah, they said silver, if it reaches one and a half. Forty mithqals, this is the nisab of silver, one hundred and forty mithqals, one hundred and forty mithqals in Saudi Riyals, they calculated it and found it to be fifty-six Saudi Riyals. One hundred and forty equaled fifty-six Saudi Riyals by weight of silver, the silver Saudi Riyal, so this is converted and known.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 091-كتاب الجنايات - ديات النفس — archive.org (31:34)
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