Is a foreign currency such as U.S. dollars , British Pound , Euro , Australian Dollar , Malaysian Ringgit , and so on . In case of international trade that each country needs foreign exchange as a means of payment in the world of foreign exchange trading is called . For example, Indonesian exporters require foreign exchange for the import of the country . With so timbulah supply and demand of foreign exchange market .
Islam recognizes the value of foreign currencies from time to time in sunnatullah ( market mechanisms ) . If the change is too high , then the intervention pemerinta required to maintain currency stability , because Islam wants the creation stabilita exchange . Recording rate and money buying and selling foreign currency held in foreign exchange market . Which in fact is the exchange of different currencies value .
Buying and selling currency in contemporary jurisprudence termed an naqt tirajah . Or in the books of fiqh called al - Sharf , who penertiannya is the exchange of property with the property in the form of gold or silver , both with each other with a quantity of the same kind , meupun with the different types with the same quantity of the same atu . Since currencies are now considered equal to gold and silver .
Currency trading law is permissible for fulfilling its terms . If a similar resale . For example , the rupiah to dollars , or dollars to dollars , the condition :
a. There must be similarities quantity , which must equal nlainya
b . There should be a handover ceremony at the panel . So it must be in cash and there should be no delay in handover
As if that were not similar resale . For example : As the rupiah to the dollar , the condition is made in cash