Spending a counterfeit dirham

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever comes to have counterfeit coins must not swear to people that they are good. Rather, he should take them to the market and say: Who will give me a garment or something like it in exchange for these counterfeit coins, or sell me something I need?

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If any of you has counterfeit coins, let him buy gold with them, and then with the gold let him buy something from which he can also spend.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) once sold the counterfeit dirhams of the public treasury. Then he met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he did not do so again.

It is narrated from Ibrahim that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) from selling the counterfeit coins of the public treasury.

Hawt said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me over the public treasury. Whenever counterfeit coins came to me, I would break them.

When a counterfeit coin came to Maymun bin Abi Shabib, he would break it and say: Muslims shall not be deceived by it.

Ibn Awn said: I said to Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him): I buy something in exchange for counterfeit coins, but I state that these coins are counterfeit? He said: There is no harm.

Al-Rabi' said: I saw Safwan bin Muhriz come to the market with counterfeit coins on him, and he said: Who will give me good grapes in exchange for a bad (counterfeit) dirham? Then he bought, and did not have witnesses to it.

Al-Rabi' said: I said to al-Hasan: O Abu Sa'id, I have some dirhams of copper. I sell them and also state that they are counterfeit? He said: There is no harm.

When counterfeit coins came to Jabir bin Zayd, he would break them and say: It is not permissible to deceive any Muslim.

Sa'id bin Jubayr had dirhams in his hand. I (Ya'qub) said: Show them to me. He gave them to me and said: If they were counterfeit, I would not have given them to you.