How is the zakah of silver paid today?
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The questioner : Regarding silver, how is the nisab determined?
The Shaykh : Silver has no value today; it is converted to its equivalent in gold.
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The questioner : As for the imam of the mosque in it.
The Shaykh : And what?
The questioner : In Egypt.
The Shaykh : In Egypt, yes.
The questioner : He gathered the books and placed them in a location, for example in a sack, and said that they are his responsibility, preventing people from benefiting from them, even though they contain tafsirs and beneficial books. Is it permissible to steal them?
The Shaykh : Where does he move them to?
The questioner : He put them in a place far from people’s hands to benefit from them.
The Shaykh : I heard you; I am not asking you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am telling you what I am saying: he steals them, but where does he move them to? To his pocket? To his house?
The questioner : To the same place.
The Shaykh : How is it the same place?
The questioner : In the mosque?
The Shaykh : So how do you ask? He steals them while moving them to the mosque?
The questioner : I mean, is it permissible for me to steal them from him and benefit from them?
The Shaykh : I am telling you: he steals them and puts them where?
The questioner : In a sack.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength, and where does the sack carry them to?
The questioner : To the mosque, to the house; he does not take them out of the mosque, but he keeps them away from the hands of the people who benefit from these books.
The Shaykh : My brother, where did he put them? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : He put them in his house.
The Shaykh : This is what I am telling you: why did he put them in his house?
The questioner : As a trust upon him.
The Shaykh : Do you mean that the visitors of the mosque do not benefit from these books?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, is there not another mosque where they can benefit from them?
The questioner : There is another mosque where they can benefit from them.
The Shaykh : Ah, is there or is there not?
The questioner : There is one.
The Shaykh : If so, stealing is haram, as is the original ruling. Clear.
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : Silver has no value today; it is converted to its equivalent in gold.
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The questioner : As for the imam of the mosque in it.
The Shaykh : And what?
The questioner : In Egypt.
The Shaykh : In Egypt, yes.
The questioner : He gathered the books and placed them in a location, for example in a sack, and said that they are his responsibility, preventing people from benefiting from them, even though they contain tafsirs and beneficial books. Is it permissible to steal them?
The Shaykh : Where does he move them to?
The questioner : He put them in a place far from people’s hands to benefit from them.
The Shaykh : I heard you; I am not asking you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am telling you what I am saying: he steals them, but where does he move them to? To his pocket? To his house?
The questioner : To the same place.
The Shaykh : How is it the same place?
The questioner : In the mosque?
The Shaykh : So how do you ask? He steals them while moving them to the mosque?
The questioner : I mean, is it permissible for me to steal them from him and benefit from them?
The Shaykh : I am telling you: he steals them and puts them where?
The questioner : In a sack.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength, and where does the sack carry them to?
The questioner : To the mosque, to the house; he does not take them out of the mosque, but he keeps them away from the hands of the people who benefit from these books.
The Shaykh : My brother, where did he put them? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : He put them in his house.
The Shaykh : This is what I am telling you: why did he put them in his house?
The questioner : As a trust upon him.
The Shaykh : Do you mean that the visitors of the mosque do not benefit from these books?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, is there not another mosque where they can benefit from them?
The questioner : There is another mosque where they can benefit from them.
The Shaykh : Ah, is there or is there not?
The questioner : There is one.
The Shaykh : If so, stealing is haram, as is the original ruling. Clear.
The questioner : Is that clear?
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