02 - Contemporary Issue: Trading in Digital Currencies such as Bitcoin and the likes - Abu Fajr

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The Study of Contemporary Issues فقه النوازل Resources: Fiqh Council and Scholarly Research Materials Teacher: Abu Fajr AbdulFattaah Bin Uthman Session Two: Trading in Digital Currencies Class Recordings: https://torontodawah.com/class-the-study-of-contemporary-issues-abu-fajr-abdulfattaah-bin-uthman/ Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-study-of-contemporary-issues--6155653 Class Handouts: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cj07ilvKRYpQOnPlAuaXQYagiOiNLKI9?usp=share_link Timestamps: 0:01:11 - Nawāzil require Ijtihād from scholars, so it must be referred to them 0:05:24 - Regarding life support machine; what if the case is 50/50? 0:06:53 - The patient is on the verge of dying and the life support machine is only increasing them in pain? 0:08:26 - Ruling on comfort care? 0:10:50 - Life machine is in high demand; prioritising? 0:14:20 - Second matter of discussion: Crypto currency (Bitcoin) 0:16:30 - History of Bitcoin 0:19:45 - Scholars initially said it is impermissible/doubtful 0:22:10 - After more research, the scholars divided into 4 groups. 1st group said it is Ḥarām 0:40:20 - 2nd group said it is Ḥalāl with conditions 0:53:23 - 3rd group initially said it's not permissible, but later recanted this view and now they say it's allowed 0:57:33 - 4th group withhold on the pretext of it being a doubtful matter