Dinar and Dirham Currency Muslims

At the time of the Islamic Caliph Mu'awiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (41-60 years of Hijri), then Muslims have their own dinar and dirham printing. However, when it still uses the dinar Byzantine print. Complete financial reform was only carried out during the caliphate of Abdul Malik bin Marwan (75-76 Hijriyah).

At that time, foreign currencies other than dinars and Islamic print dirhams are no longer allowed to circulate. Since then, the dinar and dirhams of this Islamic mold continue to be used until the end of the Ottoman Ottoman empire in 1924.

The printing of dinar and dirham coins at the time of Khalifah Abdul Malik under the responsibility of al-Hajjaj. This is actually the printing of the first dirham of Muslims according to the official standards. In the coin there are no more human or animal images.

Al-Hajjaj replaced it with the inscription "Allahu ahad, Allahush shamad /". As the times progressed, there were also dinars and dirhams printed with the phrase "La ilaha illallah Muhammadurrosulullah". There is also the name of the leader of the Muslims at that time and the year he printed.

Currently, there are still some countries in the Middle East that still retain the term dinar while living in paper money.

Dinar was first printed in Indonesia in 2000 by Islamic Mint Nusantara (IMN). IMN also released the results of historical research, jurisprudence, and mitsqal scales followed by Fatwa on Weight and Content for Dinar and Dirham. This important result states that dinars and dirhams are pure, one mistqal, ie 4.44 grams (1/7 troy ounce) and 1 dirham, ie 3.11 grams (1/10 troy ounce).

Currently, the dinar is still used by Muslims as a savings and investment. There are also who make it as a dowry and wedding gift. In fact, there are also who make it as an arisan. The reason, the value of gold will continue to be maintained from inflation, unlike paper money.