Buying currency in one country and giving another currency in another country
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to buy currency in one country and then give another currency in another country? He says, for example, I take riyals from him in Riyadh, and I give him dollars in the other country.
Answer:
No, this is currency exchange, and currency exchange requires the exchange to take place in the same session; they must not separate with anything remaining between them; it must be hand to hand.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to buy currency in one country and then give another currency in another country? He says, for example, I take riyals from him in Riyadh, and I give him dollars in the other country.
Answer:
No, this is currency exchange, and currency exchange requires the exchange to take place in the same session; they must not separate with anything remaining between them; it must be hand to hand.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (1:10:05)
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