1 By the Dinar and Dirham Technical Group This article appeared in the Shaykh’s website, posted February 14, 2014, in which the Shaykh declared, near the end of the article, that he now is dis-associating himself from all activities involving the Islamic gold dinar and silver dirham (hereinafter DnD). His disappointment seemed rooted in the fact that after decades of hard work and planting the ‘tree’ to push the DnD as an instrument of Taken Zakat had not come to fruition. In his words, a Taken Zakat must fulfill the following: An appointed Amir That Amir’s appointment of Zakat Collectors This resulting in a collected and assessed amount of Zakat The gathering of the Zakat in a Bayt al-Maal The immediate distribution of the Zakat to the legally worthy recipients And that the DnD initiatives so far did not achieve these. Hence the Shaykh …
By: Ahamed Kameel Mydin Meera