Transaction of Gold with God and Silver with Silver
Issue No.1809- If gold is sold for gold, and silver is sold for silver (whether it is in the form of coins or not) in case the weight of one of them is more than that of the other, the transaction is haram and void, even though one may be manufactured gold and the other unmanufactured, or their make may be of different quality or of different carats, for example, if one gram of 18-carat gold is exchanged for 1.5 grams of 14-carat gold, it will be haram and void. However, there is no harm in selling gold in exchange for silver, irrespective of whether their weight is equal or not.
