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The
Islamic Dinar is a specific weight
of 22k gold equivalent to 4.25 grammes.
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The
Islamic Dirham is a specific weight
of pure silver equivalent to 3.0 grammes.
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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.
