Transferring Money in the Country's Currency (Al-Safajah)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: When we want to transfer our money to our country, we give it to a person in the currency of this country, and then he converts it into the currency of our country. Is this transaction permissible?
Answer:
Out of necessity, this is permissible. This is what is called al-safajah. Al-safajah is when you give a person a sum of money in this country, for example, and he gives your relatives or your family in their country in exchange for it, or he transfers it to them. There is no harm in this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: When we want to transfer our money to our country, we give it to a person in the currency of this country, and then he converts it into the currency of our country. Is this transaction permissible?
Answer:
Out of necessity, this is permissible. This is what is called al-safajah. Al-safajah is when you give a person a sum of money in this country, for example, and he gives your relatives or your family in their country in exchange for it, or he transfers it to them. There is no harm in this. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (1:07:08)
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