How does a person determine the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) of gold, silver, and paper currency in our contemporary time?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How does a person determine the nisab of gold, silver, and paper currency in our contemporary time?
Answer:
The money changers ask: Sixty-six riyals of silver, how much is that in paper currency? Ten and a half pounds. How much is that in paper currency from gold? One knows, for example, the nisab of zakah in paper currency.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How does a person determine the nisab of gold, silver, and paper currency in our contemporary time?
Answer:
The money changers ask: Sixty-six riyals of silver, how much is that in paper currency? Ten and a half pounds. How much is that in paper currency from gold? One knows, for example, the nisab of zakah in paper currency.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1031 -3022] كيف يعرف الإنسان نصاب الذهب والفضة والأوراق النقدية في وقتنا المعاصر؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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