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It is the birthplace of the revival of muamalah , led by Shaykh Abdul Qadir As-sufi and through his student , Shaykh Umar Vadillo , muamalah was introduced once again in Nusantara . Abdillah and I were having a meal in a kebab shop when something quite familiar caught his eye . He diverted my attention to it . It was the Dinar Dirham sticker ! The shop across the street is accepting Dinar and Dirham . Glory be to Allah and how He perfectly planned our journey for us . We quickly finished our meal and paid the shop a visit . I waited no further to spend my Dirhams and grabbed a notebook which caught my attention with its intricate patterns and details . We posted a picture of the purchase on Facebook to create awareness that the Dinar and Dirham is accepted globally and that was when soon after , I received a message from a Spaniard , Luqman Nieto . He is an editor of Islamic Hoy , an Islamic Newspaper that circulates all over Spain . He saw the picture on Facebook and wanted to do a video interview with us regarding our use of Dinar and Dirham . So we arranged a meeting with him the next day . It was an engaging session with him where we shared many things on Islam and particularly about the revival of muamalah . One of the points that were shared impacted me . It is extremely challenging for the people in Granada to use the Dinar and Dirhams as firstly there are not many Muslims in the area and secondly there are not many Muslims who own businesses . These hamper the use and circulation of the coins . Hearing this made me realise how blessed we are in Singapore and also Nusantara , that we have a huge Muslim population here . Thus the opportunity to revive muamalah is even greater here . Yet , from my experience propagating the use of Dinar and Dirham locally and also globally , I find it most challenging to convey the idea of reviving muamalah among our Singaporean Muslim traders and businesses . Imagine how strong the circulation of Dinar and Dirham will be in our region if many more traders and businesses start to accept Dinar and Dirham . This is a blessing from Allah and we should make full use of the opportunity . May Allah give ease to the people of Nusantara and also Muslims all around the world to revive muamalah and make the slogan , “ One ummah , one currency ” a reality , Insya Allah .
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