Is Bitcoin halal, or haram? And if you decide to own it, how do you buy it and keep it safe?
Your savings are melting quietly, like an ice cube. People around you argue about Bitcoin, some permitting it and some forbidding it, and you don’t know whom to believe, or where to begin. This book is written for you: a Muslim beginner who wants to understand before deciding.
Inside, step by step:
- The problem: the story of money from barter to paper, why your savings lose value, and why money in the bank is a loan to the bank.
- The technology: how Bitcoin works, in plain language, with examples from everyday life, and how to tell a real project from noise.
- The Shariah: 19 fatwas and resolutions, from Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta and Diyanet to the Fiqh Council of North America and Malaysian fatwa committees, set out with their reasons and sources. Then the evidence weighed point by point, and the author’s own view, clearly labelled as his and not a fatwa.
- The practice: eight rules before you buy, zakat, wills, choosing an exchange and a wallet, setting up a cold wallet, which exchanges are open to readers in the UK, the US and the EU, your first purchase, and moving it into your own keeping.
- Protection: the scammers’ tricks, the price swings, and what to do on the “Red Day”.
This second edition is a complete rewrite. Every figure, date and quotation has been checked against its source, with nearly 290 footnotes. Prices are as of early October 2026.
“A ruling on a thing follows from how it is conceived.” Understand first, then judge with a settled mind.
For education and awareness only. Not financial advice, and not a fatwa.
Details
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 6 October 2026
- Print length
- 310 pages
- Language
- English
- Formats
- Kindle, paperback, hardcover
- ISBN (paperback)
- 979-8160487823
- ISBN (hardcover)
- 979-8160533896
Also in Arabic: «مرشد العملات الرقميّة»