Converting dinars into dirhams is legally different from selling a bundle of cloth. Dirhams and dinars share a monetary role as athman, whereas textiles and ordinary goods are ‘urud.
The special judicial authority to exchange one form of money for another should not be expanded into unrestricted power to sell any kind of property under Abu Hanifah’s rule.
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Gold currency versus ordinary merchandise
Kitab al-Hajr: Insolvency, Interdiction and Creditors’ Rights
Converting dinars into dirhams is legally different from selling a bundle of cloth. Dirhams and dinars share a monetary role as athman, whereas textiles and ordinary goods are ‘urud.
The special judicial authority to exchange one form of money for another should not be expanded into unrestricted power to sell any kind of property under Abu Hanifah’s rule.