Changes keep occurring
frequently in the world and people also experience changes in their lives so
human needs and requirements are also replaced by the new demands. It is for
the reason; the journey of progress also emerge new and modern worldly and religious
issues. 100 years back, currency notes were introduced in China, then Japan,
thereafter European countries and then gradually followed by Islamic countries
and the Muslims. So, dirhams and dinars were replaced by the currency notes and
a time has come when the coins are available in a very small and limited
numbers whereas the currency notes are prevalent.
Many Shar’i issues and queries were raised when the currency notes
spread in our societies
Does currency note fall
under wealth or it is just a receipt? Is it Wajib to pay Zakat on currency
notes? Is it correct to use it to pay Haq Mahr? Will a Shar’i punishment be
applied if it is stolen from a safe place? If it is destroyed by someone then will
he return in the form of currency note or can he also return it in the form of
silver coins? Is it permissible to sell it against silver or gold coins? Is it
permissible to give it as a loan? Is it permissible to sell it on credit for a
fixed period against silver coins? And is it permissible to sell the currency
notes against the price which is lower or higher than its value? Etc., etc.
When the chief Islamic
jurist Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Hanafi رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ visited
Haram-e-Pak to have the privilege of performing Hajj in 1323 Hijri, many
questions were asked to him regarding currency notes because the currency notes
were new there at that time and the blessed Islamic jurists of Haramayn
Sharifayn were worried and indecisive about their (currency notes) Shar’i
rulings. Hanafi Imam Shaykh Abdullah Meer Daad Bin Ahmad Abul Khayr رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ humbly
asked A’la Hadrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ12
questions regarding currency notes. He رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ wrote the answers within ‘one day and some
hours’ and entitled the book ‘کِفْلُ الْفَقِیْہِ
الْفَاہِم فِی اَحْکَامِ قِرْطَاسِ الدَّرَاھِم’. When the blessed scholars
of Makkah Mukarramah such as Shaykh-ul-Aimmah Ahmad Bin Abul Khayr رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ,
Mufti-o-Qazi Saaleh Kamal رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ, Haafiz
Kutub-e-Haram Sayyid Ismail Khalil رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ, Mufti
Abdullah Siddeeq رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ and Shaykh Jamal
Bin Abdullah رحمۃ
اللہ تعالٰی علیہ saw this
book, they were surprised and they appreciated it a lot. Currently this book is
also a part of the curriculum of M.A. in Karachi University.
This book was published many
times by different publishing houses even it was also published from Beirut
(Lebanon) in 2005.
‘Shu’bah Kutub A’la Hadrat’,
one of the departments of Majlis Al-Madina-tul-‘Ilmiyyah, has also published it
in a modern style, meeting the current needs and requirements and it was
entitled, ‘Currency Note kay Masa’il’ which is distinctive from many aspects
compared to other publications. Especially five impressive acts were carried
out on this book:
(1) All Fiqhi terminologies with definitions have been added in it.
(2) Excellent duly researched preface elaborating the Fiqhi status of
currency notes.
(3) A summary of questions and answers has been added in the beginning of
this marvellous book.
(4) English translation of Arabic words and Fiqhi terminologies has been
added in brackets.
(5) References have been properly mentioned in the best possible way.
This is a valuable gift for
the Muftis (jurists), blessed scholars and the students having interest in Fiqh
and those having eagerness for reading contents on modern issues. Read it
yourself and motivate others to read it as well. Present it as a gift
especially to the Muftis of Islam and the blessed scholars.
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