Purchasing certificates as foreign currency
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I purchased foreign currency in the form of certificates for a purpose, fourteen years ago.
The Shaykh:
I bought it.
The questioner:
Foreign currency in the form of certificates.
The Shaykh:
How do certificates become currency? Certificates are not currency, are they?
The questioner:
And the scholars of the question.
The Shaykh:
Yes, certificates are not currency; they are merely documents. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I purchased foreign currency in the form of certificates for a purpose, fourteen years ago.
The Shaykh:
I bought it.
The questioner:
Foreign currency in the form of certificates.
The Shaykh:
How do certificates become currency? Certificates are not currency, are they?
The questioner:
And the scholars of the question.
The Shaykh:
Yes, certificates are not currency; they are merely documents. Yes.
Source
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