سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب التجاراتThe Chapters on Business Transactions
بَابُ : النَّهْيِ عَنْ كَسْرِ الدَّرَاهِمِ وَالدَّنَانِيرِChapter: Prohibition Of Breaking Dirham And Dinar
Hadith 2263
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاق ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فَضَاءٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كَسْرِ سِكَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْجَائِزَةِ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلَّا مِنْ بَأْسٍ " .
´It was narrated from 'Alqamah bin 'Abdullah that his father said:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade breaking the coins of the Muslims that are in circulation among them, without any necessary reason.”(1)
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
This narration is weak; however, it is correct that a gold dinar or a silver dirham that is valid and with which buying and selling can be conducted in the market, it is not permissible to melt it down and make a gold or silver ingot from it, because this disrupts the fulfillment of a need that is being met for the general Muslims. However, if there is a reasonable cause, for example: if the coin is counterfeit, then it can be broken and melted.
This narration is weak; however, it is correct that a gold dinar or a silver dirham that is valid and with which buying and selling can be conducted in the market, it is not permissible to melt it down and make a gold or silver ingot from it, because this disrupts the fulfillment of a need that is being met for the general Muslims. However, if there is a reasonable cause, for example: if the coin is counterfeit, then it can be broken and melted.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2263
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
And what is meant by it is that it is not permissible to melt down coins that have been officially minted by the government into ordinary metal.
It has also been observed that some people use coins in ways other than as currency (medium of exchange).
All of this is not correct.
Because this causes difficulty for people in transactions.
Damaging currency notes is also an extremely reprehensible act.
Benefit:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
And what is meant by it is that it is not permissible to melt down coins that have been officially minted by the government into ordinary metal.
It has also been observed that some people use coins in ways other than as currency (medium of exchange).
All of this is not correct.
Because this causes difficulty for people in transactions.
Damaging currency notes is also an extremely reprehensible act.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3449
