What is the ruling on exchanging an amount of twenty dinars for paper dinars, where the owner gave him eighteen dinars and two dinars remained? Is this permissible?
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The questioner : ...O Shaykh, I needed to exchange an amount of twenty dinars.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I needed to exchange an amount of twenty dinars. The amount I had was eighteen dinars, so I gave him twenty dinars and took eighteen dinars, on the basis that two dinars would remain. Is that permissible?
The Shaykh : You needed twenty dinars.
The questioner : I mean, to exchange them.
The Shaykh : Be patient. I want to see if I understand you or not. You needed twenty dinars. Did the man lend you only eighteen?
The questioner : No, it is not a debt, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : I have twenty dinars with me and I want to exchange them. I want to exchange the twenty dinars.
The Shaykh : Do you want to exchange them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : I gave him twenty dinars and took eighteen dinars, and two dinars remained.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I needed to exchange an amount of twenty dinars. The amount I had was eighteen dinars, so I gave him twenty dinars and took eighteen dinars, on the basis that two dinars would remain. Is that permissible?
The Shaykh : You needed twenty dinars.
The questioner : I mean, to exchange them.
The Shaykh : Be patient. I want to see if I understand you or not. You needed twenty dinars. Did the man lend you only eighteen?
The questioner : No, it is not a debt, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : I have twenty dinars with me and I want to exchange them. I want to exchange the twenty dinars.
The Shaykh : Do you want to exchange them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : I gave him twenty dinars and took eighteen dinars, and two dinars remained.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible
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