What is the amount of the dinar in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas: “Whoever has intercourse with his wife during menstruation, let him give charity of a dinar”?
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The questioner : In another question, which is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, traced to the Prophet: Sunan ad-Daraqutni 15:212; so what is the amount of the dinar?
The Shaykh : The hadith is.
The questioner : Shaykh Abu al-Ashbal read his research, which states that “half a dinar” is an error by some of the narrators, yes, in his verification of al-Tirmidhi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is more likely that “half a dinar” is an error by some of the narrators, and the most correct is “a dinar.” So if we say it is a dinar, how do we specify it in gold or the like?
The Shaykh : This naturally requires precise calculations.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I have not been accustomed to calculating it, and therefore I sometimes refer this matter to some Muslim goldsmiths, who know gold and its price fluctuations, and who know the weight of the mithqal that corresponds to the custom of this time.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : From my side...
The questioner : It is required that it be a Jordanian dinar...!
The Shaykh : A dinar of what? A gold dinar?
The questioner : A gold dinar.
Another questioner : I mean, for example, is the dinar here Jordanian, or Kuwaiti, or... to specify the dinar, I mean, what is meant by the dinar? Is it a Jordanian dinar or a Kuwaiti one?
The Shaykh : No, the dinars known today are paper currency with no intrinsic value; what is meant is the gold dinar.
The questioner : The gold dinar?!
The Shaykh : Yes, as for these dinars, there is a very large difference in their prices.
The student: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you... Umm al-Fadl.
The student : Upon my head...
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you; and therefore I said that these matters require precise calculations known to the goldsmith, because the matter relates to two things: knowing the weight of the gold dinar that was in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and this is naturally mentioned by scholars and jurists in their books, such as al-Nawawi, for example, in al-Majmu'.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They weigh, for example, the mithqal by so many grains of wheat, for example.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : By this method, the weight of the dinar can be known for our time today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But I did not focus on this aspect first, and therefore I refer those who ask about this matter to some goldsmiths who weigh with precise mithqals.
The questioner: Yes.
Whoever has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating, let him give charity of a dinar
مَن أتى امرأته وهي حائض فليتصدَّق بدينارThe Shaykh : The hadith is
Half a dinar or a dinar
نصف دينار أو دينارThe questioner : Shaykh Abu al-Ashbal read his research, which states that “half a dinar” is an error by some of the narrators, yes, in his verification of al-Tirmidhi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is more likely that “half a dinar” is an error by some of the narrators, and the most correct is “a dinar.” So if we say it is a dinar, how do we specify it in gold or the like?
The Shaykh : This naturally requires precise calculations.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I have not been accustomed to calculating it, and therefore I sometimes refer this matter to some Muslim goldsmiths, who know gold and its price fluctuations, and who know the weight of the mithqal that corresponds to the custom of this time.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : From my side...
The questioner : It is required that it be a Jordanian dinar...!
The Shaykh : A dinar of what? A gold dinar?
The questioner : A gold dinar.
Another questioner : I mean, for example, is the dinar here Jordanian, or Kuwaiti, or... to specify the dinar, I mean, what is meant by the dinar? Is it a Jordanian dinar or a Kuwaiti one?
The Shaykh : No, the dinars known today are paper currency with no intrinsic value; what is meant is the gold dinar.
The questioner : The gold dinar?!
The Shaykh : Yes, as for these dinars, there is a very large difference in their prices.
The student: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you... Umm al-Fadl.
The student : Upon my head...
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you; and therefore I said that these matters require precise calculations known to the goldsmith, because the matter relates to two things: knowing the weight of the gold dinar that was in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and this is naturally mentioned by scholars and jurists in their books, such as al-Nawawi, for example, in al-Majmu'.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They weigh, for example, the mithqal by so many grains of wheat, for example.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : By this method, the weight of the dinar can be known for our time today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But I did not focus on this aspect first, and therefore I refer those who ask about this matter to some goldsmiths who weigh with precise mithqals.
The questioner: Yes.
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