{"id":4612,"date":"2023-03-15T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:02:58","slug":"kaaba-gold-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2023\/03\/15\/kaaba-gold-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaaba Gold Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tv\/lifestyle\/gold-islam-eid-royal-mint-b2300665.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holly Patrick, The Independent, Royal Mint launches gold bar so Muslims can \u2018give the gift of gold during Eid\u2019<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/royal-mint\">Royal Mint<\/a> has created a gold bar ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ramadan\">Ramadan<\/a> so customers can &#8220;give the precious gift of gold&#8221; during Eid al-Fitr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Created in consultation with the Muslim Council of Wales and designed by Emma Noble, the 20g bar features the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/kaaba\">Kaaba<\/a>, a site considered by Muslims to be the most sacred on Earth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This announcement seems timely (or not, depending on your perspective) in that this appears around the day of the Budget in the UK (or coincidental, given Ramadan commences next week).  I&#8217;m not sure in the current financial climate whether buying gold bars is open to many people, but it looks very nice as an Eid gift and there are charitable connections to the purchase. There is also a connection with Wales. The price for one 20g Kaaba gold bar is (at the time of writing) \u00a31,154.34.  Prices are linked to the current gold index. Alas, I&#8217;m not on commission &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmint.com\/invest\/eid\/shariah-standard-on-gold-compliance\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.royalmint.com\/invest\/eid\/shariah-standard-on-gold-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Also see Royal Mint, The Royal Mint Achieves Shari&#8217;ah Standard on Gold Compliance<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Royal Mint launches gold bar so Muslims can &#039;give the gift of gold during Eid&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQJ9OnHr8eE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a fatwa on buying gold (other opinions are available): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islamweb.net\/en\/fatwa\/235801\/buying-gold-or-silver-coins-on-the-internet\" target=\"_blank\">IslamWeb, Fatwa 235801, Buying gold or silver coins on the Internet<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as a side-note: there&#8217;s an ontology of &#8216;gold&#8217; here <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/corpus.quran.com\/concept.jsp?id=gold\" target=\"_blank\">Corpus Qur&#8217;an, Gold<\/a> and Qur&#8217;an references to &#8216;gold&#8217; are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelastdialogue.org\/article\/the-word-gold-mentioned-in-quran\/\">discussed here in The Last Dialogue&#8217;s pages<\/a> (other translations available, etc.). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holly Patrick, The Independent, Royal Mint launches gold bar so Muslims can \u2018give the gift of gold during Eid\u2019 The Royal Mint has created a gold bar ahead of Ramadan so customers can &#8220;give the precious gift of gold&#8221; during Eid al-Fitr. 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