For the dinar, I'd use the 208 character and for the
dirham, the 240 character
Thank you so much Jim for your suggestions, I really appreciate it.
Now we have Jim's suggestions for a symbol and IGD for an abbreviation as
used by the Islamic Development Bank.
Any other suggestions will be
Dear Ahmed,
What do you think? If you have any other suggestions
please suggest.
Well, here's a thought. There is a capital D with a
horizontal line through it which is part of the standard
ASCII character set. It is symbol 208 which you can
access in HTML by encoding #208; or with Microsoft
Ð Alt+0240#240;
ð Alt+0208#208;
Ahh! Typing in Outlook XP, blasted autocorrect capitalised the Alt+0240
ð to Alt+0208 Ð and I had to quickly hit Ctrl-Z to undo the
autocorrection. Still, there they are above, if it can possibly catch
on, but who knows what they look
Dear Robert,
Thank you so much for the detailed information, I really appreciate it!
So, while I agree that the Zakat is based on pure gold, I dare to venture
that many of the coins in circulation were not made of 24 carat purety.
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, put the rule of the
Actually, there is a big difference between the e-dinar you accept on your
site and the actual gold dinar you seem refer to.
The official name of the coins is Islamic Gold Dinar as it where, and the
currency symbol would be IGD, but it is also quoted as GDR.
However, there is the mass/weight
Dear Robert,
Thank you so much for your reply, I really appreciate it.
Now, my understanding is, the official gold dinar which was used at the
time of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is agreed upon to be 4.25
grams of pure gold. This is also the basis to calculate Zakat. When your
gold
As'salam Aleikum,
I am not sure if the pure gold rule during the Caliphate was actually 24
carats.
Gold mined in the region has a coppery sheen to it and is often made into
jewellery and trinkets in 20 and 18 carat purety.
It is also doubtful that the original Dinar coins where in fact 24 carat
