What is the reality of a quarter of a dinar by the mithqal?
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The questioner : What is the choice of the Shaykh al-Islam regarding the amount of the nisab?
The Shaykh : A quarter of a dinar.
The questioner : Okay, what does it mean if...?
The Shaykh : It is the dinar, even according to the Shaykh al-Islam, and according to the madhhab, the dinar is a mithqal. But if we suppose that the dinars have changed, as they are with us now, where the pound is more than a mithqal... a quarter of a pound is with him.
The questioner : Is it considered by the mithqals?
The Shaykh : No, it is not by the mithqals. The pound or the dinar in every country and time is considered according to its standard. So, a quarter of a dinar with us is a quarter of a Saudi riyal.
The Shaykh : A quarter of a dinar.
The questioner : Okay, what does it mean if...?
The Shaykh : It is the dinar, even according to the Shaykh al-Islam, and according to the madhhab, the dinar is a mithqal. But if we suppose that the dinars have changed, as they are with us now, where the pound is more than a mithqal... a quarter of a pound is with him.
The questioner : Is it considered by the mithqals?
The Shaykh : No, it is not by the mithqals. The pound or the dinar in every country and time is considered according to its standard. So, a quarter of a dinar with us is a quarter of a Saudi riyal.