A question regarding the value of dirham and dinar in terms of weight and monetary value.
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Ayatollah Khamenei (may God protect him):
The legal dirham is approximately equivalent to 2.5 grams of silver.
The dinar is a legal measure, which is three-quarters of a standard mithqal, meaning twenty dinars equal fifteen standard mithqals.
Source: Special Inquiry + Tahrir al-Wasilah, regarding what is obligatory for zakat and what is recommended, in the zakat of currency
Ayatollah Sistani (may God protect him):
To calculate the dirham in grams of silver, you should perform the following calculations:
First - Every ten dirhams equal five and a quarter standard mithqals.
10 dirhams = 5.25 standard mithqals, thus one dirham equals:
1 dirham = 0.525 standard mithqals
The standard mithqal is equivalent to 4.64 grams of silver, so one dirham is equal to:
1 dirham = 4.64 * 0.525 = 2.436 grams of silver, which is commonly referred to as approximately two and a half grams of silver.
You should inquire about the value of two and a half grams of silver.
As for the dinar, it is approximately equal to three and a half grams of gold.
Source: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 2, Issues 767 to 770 + official site: 1, 2.
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