Changing the bequeathed currency from silver riyal to paper riyal
Q: I am
Zayd ibn Rashid ibn Khurayf.
My father
Rashid
died 26 years ago. Before his death,
he had bequeathed that I buy a 60-riyal Ud-hiyah (sacrificial animal offered by non-pilgrims) on an annual basis, and that such a sum of money be taken out of his real-estate located in
Al-Hulwah
in the district of
Al-Gharis.
The currency of that time was the Arabic silver riyal. My question is: Shall I take on an annual basis sixty banknote riyals, sixty silver riyals or their value in currently used banknotes out of such real-estate
to buy an Ud-hiyah therewith?
(Part No. 16; Page No. 358) A: If the reality is as you mentioned, you shall take out of the real-estate the value of sixty silver riyals in current banknote Saudi riyals on an annual basis to buy an Ud-hiyah therewith. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.