MBitcoiner on Nostr: I think if I remember correctly in the booklet is that zakat is supposed to be ...

I think if I remember correctly in the booklet is that zakat is supposed to be handled by the state that is on a gold/silver standard, and it's supposed to be paid with the metal itself.

I didn't agree with everything in the book, but I find the quote interesting for an entirely different reason because, since we know that fiat money is basically Riba money, we're paying zakat on riba money. Now I don't want to say that it's haram as I'm not qualified to do so, but it is strangely and sadly poetic that the standard practice today to implement zakat is to pay zakat on riba money.