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According
to Islamic Law...
The
Islamic Dinar is a specific weight of 22k gold (917.)
equivalent to 4.25 grams.
The Islamic Dirham is a specific weight of pure silver
equivalent to 3.0 grams.
Umar Ibn al-Khattab established the known standard relationship
between them based on their weights: "7 dinars must be
equivalent to 10 dirhams."
"The Revelation undertook to mention them and
attached many judgements to them, for example zakat, marriage,
and hudud, etc., therefore within the Revelation they
have to have a reality and specific measure for assessment
[of zakat, etc.] upon which its judgements may be based rather
than on the non-shari'i [other coins].
Know that there is consensus [ijma] since the beginning of
Islam and the age of the Companions and the Followers that
the dirham of the shari'ah is that of which ten weigh seven
mithqals [weight of the dinar] of gold. . . The weight of
a mithqal of gold is seventy-two grains of barley,
so that the dirham which is seven-tenths of it is fifty and
two-fifths grains. All these measurements are firmly established
by consensus." Ibn Khaldun, Al-Muqaddimah
How are the Islamic dinar used?
1.- The Islamic Dinar can be used to save because they
are wealth in themselves.
2.- They are used to pay zakat and dowry as
they are requisite within Islamic Law.
3.- They are used to buy and sell since they are a
legitimate medium of exchange.
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