The present study examines the conception of money in classical Islamic law, specifically the relationship between scholarly discourses on money and actual economic practice. I shall argue that the theoretical concept of money was to some extent a fiction. Muslim jurists conceived of money in terms of a three-tier currency system that involved gold dinars, silver dirhams and copper fulūs . The market was much more complex. A wide range of coins of various metallic content, weight and value circulated. In the first part of the study I describe the complexity of Islamic money markets. In the second part, I investigate how scholars reacted to the gap between theory and practice and posit some tentative conclusions about the relationship between Islamic law and practice.

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古典伊斯兰教中的货币：法律理论与经济实践


本研究考察了古典伊斯兰法中的货币概念，特别是关于货币的学术话语与实际经济实践之间的关系。我将争辩说，货币的理论概念在某种程度上是虚构的。穆斯林法学家根据包括金第纳尔、银迪拉姆和铜富卢的三层货币体系来构想货币。市场要复杂得多。流通的各种金属含量、重量和价值的硬币种类繁多。在研究的第一部分，我描述了伊斯兰货币市场的复杂性。在第二部分，我调查了学者如何应对理论与实践之间的差距，并就伊斯兰法律与实践之间的关系提出一些初步结论。