Re: Hazrat Ameer Muawiya r.a and the Romans
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Maybe a good option for Muawiyah 
would have been to have a soldier chop off the silver utensils into tiny pieces and then distributed them amongst the soldiers…
Or, he could have sold the item and received cash instead to distribute amongst the troops…
Now, let’s put you in the position…You need to pay your troops, you have no cash…All you have is a silver utensil…Being smart and intelligent that you are, what would have been the smart thing to do?
P.S. And what does interest have to do with selling a utensil?