Combining goods with the two currencies: What is the evidence for this?
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The questioner : Combining goods with the two currencies, what is the evidence for that, even though... I mean, al-Mughni says he is not aware of any disagreement on this.
The Shaykh : And is... there disagreement on it?
The questioner : Combining goods with the two currencies, meaning by consensus?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : What is the evidence?
The Shaykh : The evidence is that the intended purpose in them is the two currencies; the intended purpose in them is the value.
The questioner : On this basis, we correct the statement that gold is combined with silver, because the intended purpose in both is one.
The Shaykh : No, no, the intended purpose is not the value. And for this reason, if the intended purpose in them were the value, like the money of money-changers, we would say combining is allowed. But a man who has gold and wants to keep it, and keeps silver, his intention is not to trade in them or anything; he wants the gold itself and the silver itself. And this refutes the idea that it is just because... the dirhams and dinars, a person might sell and buy with them, but the issue of jewelry comes to us. If a woman has eighty grams [of gold] and she has, for example, one thousand riyals in silver, then zakah is not obligatory on her, yes?
The Shaykh : And is... there disagreement on it?
The questioner : Combining goods with the two currencies, meaning by consensus?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : What is the evidence?
The Shaykh : The evidence is that the intended purpose in them is the two currencies; the intended purpose in them is the value.
The questioner : On this basis, we correct the statement that gold is combined with silver, because the intended purpose in both is one.
The Shaykh : No, no, the intended purpose is not the value. And for this reason, if the intended purpose in them were the value, like the money of money-changers, we would say combining is allowed. But a man who has gold and wants to keep it, and keeps silver, his intention is not to trade in them or anything; he wants the gold itself and the silver itself. And this refutes the idea that it is just because... the dirhams and dinars, a person might sell and buy with them, but the issue of jewelry comes to us. If a woman has eighty grams [of gold] and she has, for example, one thousand riyals in silver, then zakah is not obligatory on her, yes?