The sale of gold inlaid with stones: Is it obligatory to separate them when weighing, or to exchange them for their kind?
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The questioner : The sale of gold inlaid with stones: Is it obligatory to separate them when weighing, or when exchanging them for their kind?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. The hadith on this matter is in Sahih Muslim. Yes, it is authentic.
Another questioner : According to the custom of the goldsmiths, they say that they cannot remove these small quantities...
The Shaykh : I know this, and it is one of the problems in the exchange of currency.
Another questioner : They have a custom that ten beads, weighing ten grams of this type of bead, are deducted from the gold.
The Shaykh : This practice is not correct. Gold, with use, melts over time, so the weight changes. Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. The hadith on this matter is in Sahih Muslim. Yes, it is authentic.
Another questioner : According to the custom of the goldsmiths, they say that they cannot remove these small quantities...
The Shaykh : I know this, and it is one of the problems in the exchange of currency.
Another questioner : They have a custom that ten beads, weighing ten grams of this type of bead, are deducted from the gold.
The Shaykh : This practice is not correct. Gold, with use, melts over time, so the weight changes. Yes.
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