Love for the sake of Allah and the ruling on exchanging coin currency for paper currency with an increase
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I love you for the sake of Allah, and we all say that together. Your Eminence the Shaykh, there has been much talk among some scholars and disagreement regarding taking coin currency with an increase, that is, taking ten coins for eleven riyals. We have not heard a fatwa from Your Eminence, so we ask you to be kind (may Allah preserve you) and issue a ruling on this?
The Shaykh:
We say: May Allah love you, for the sake of Whom He has made us love one another. We ask Allah to make us all among those who love one another for His majesty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:Muwatta Malik 51:14 It is mentioned among them two men who loved one another for the sake of Allah; they met for that and parted for it. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2021Hasan (Darussalam) Where is the one who desires?
This is a hadith. Loving one another for the sake of Allah is one of the strongest ties of faith and one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Muslims. This love for the sake of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) leads to mutual advice, cooperation in good, and enjoining one another to truth, until this love for the sake of Allah is realized. As for exchanging coin currency for paper currency, the scholars of the present time have differed on this. Some have permitted it because this is paper and that is metal, so the two types are different. Others have prohibited it because each is called a riyal, like a dinar and a dinar, or a dollar and a dollar, even if they were made of two types of paper. The committee currently in session has issued a ruling prohibiting it because it is a riyal for a riyal. What I see is that it should be left alone. At the very least, this is the safest course: not to take one metal riyal for two, but rather this for this, ten for ten, a hundred for a hundred. This is the safest for the believer and the furthest from sin, because it is one currency. If there is a need for this, he takes from the institution, which gives him a hundred for a hundred and a thousand for a thousand without an increase, and there is no harm in that. I advise those who deal in this to sell like for like, and if his intention is to help people, he has a reward for that, and praise be to Allah. He sells ten for ten, a hundred for a hundred, helping his brothers by making it easy for them and bringing it closer to them. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
The presenter:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, and we ask Allah the Exalted and Exalted to grant success to everyone. I ask the brothers to remain in their seats, because we have informed the Shaykh that you are all greeting him, so they are greeting you, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
May He grant success to everyone, and may everyone fear Allah for the sake of beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds.
The questioner says: I love you for the sake of Allah, and we all say that together. Your Eminence the Shaykh, there has been much talk among some scholars and disagreement regarding taking coin currency with an increase, that is, taking ten coins for eleven riyals. We have not heard a fatwa from Your Eminence, so we ask you to be kind (may Allah preserve you) and issue a ruling on this?
The Shaykh:
We say: May Allah love you, for the sake of Whom He has made us love one another. We ask Allah to make us all among those who love one another for His majesty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:
There are seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the day on which there is no shade except
سبعة يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلاAllah will call him before the heads
الله يوم القيامة على رؤوسThis is a hadith. Loving one another for the sake of Allah is one of the strongest ties of faith and one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Muslims. This love for the sake of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) leads to mutual advice, cooperation in good, and enjoining one another to truth, until this love for the sake of Allah is realized. As for exchanging coin currency for paper currency, the scholars of the present time have differed on this. Some have permitted it because this is paper and that is metal, so the two types are different. Others have prohibited it because each is called a riyal, like a dinar and a dinar, or a dollar and a dollar, even if they were made of two types of paper. The committee currently in session has issued a ruling prohibiting it because it is a riyal for a riyal. What I see is that it should be left alone. At the very least, this is the safest course: not to take one metal riyal for two, but rather this for this, ten for ten, a hundred for a hundred. This is the safest for the believer and the furthest from sin, because it is one currency. If there is a need for this, he takes from the institution, which gives him a hundred for a hundred and a thousand for a thousand without an increase, and there is no harm in that. I advise those who deal in this to sell like for like, and if his intention is to help people, he has a reward for that, and praise be to Allah. He sells ten for ten, a hundred for a hundred, helping his brothers by making it easy for them and bringing it closer to them. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
The presenter:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, and we ask Allah the Exalted and Exalted to grant success to everyone. I ask the brothers to remain in their seats, because we have informed the Shaykh that you are all greeting him, so they are greeting you, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
May He grant success to everyone, and may everyone fear Allah for the sake of beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds.
Source
واجب أهل العلم — islamhouse.com (1:23:56)
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