New Facts Muamalah Depok Market, Operating Since 2014 And Following Traditions In The Age Of The Prophet

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JAKARTA - The Police Criminal Investigation Unit has arrested the founder of Muamalah Market Depok, West Java, Zaim Saidi. This arrest was allegedly related to the use of dinars and dirhams as means of payment.

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan, said the market activity which is located on Jalan Tanah Baru, Depok, West Java has been going on since 2014.

"The market is held every 2 weeks, namely Sundays at 10.00 WIB until 12.00 WIB," he explained at Police Headquarters, Wednesday, February 3.

He added that market activities were carried out on Zaim Saidi's land, which is an Indonesian emirate. By the community who wanted to trade, they would follow the market traditions of the prophet's time.

"Such as leasing and payment transactions using the amount of dirhams and dinars. The number of traders in the place is 10-15 traders. Then the goods sold are basic necessities, food, drinks and clothes," said Ahmad Ramadhan.

For his actions, Zaim Zaidi was threatened with Article 9 of Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning criminal law and Article 33 Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency with the threat of 1 year in prison and a fine of IDR 200 million.

The phenomenon of using dirhams and dinars as means of payment in a number of areas on the island of Java suddenly went viral in cyberspace. During VOI searches on the internet, important information was obtained from the Muslim Youth Twitter account @ Pencerah__.

From his tweet, it was revealed that the use of dirhams in buying and selling transactions was concentrated in a trading center called Muamalah Market.

"These Muamalah markets are under the authority of Amirat Nusantara, led by Zaim Saidi. He is known as the pioneer of the movement for the return of gold dinars and silver dirhams in Indonesia," the account wrote Thursday, January 28.

Furthermore, he also explained that these activities were part of the action against the economic system prevailing in Indonesia. The reason is because Zaim and his followers think the existing trade ecosystem does not match their views.

"Zaim Zaidi (allegedly HTI) is against the current financial system which he considers usury capitalism," he said.

In the post, @Pencerah__ revealed that Zaim had been campaigning for the use of dirhams and dinars for a long time. This is corroborated by the evidence he posted on his Twitter page.

“Zaim Saidi's digital footprint is in an effort to incite people to leave rupiah banknotes and return to dirhams and dinars as a means of market transactions. This is HTI's goal, which wants to return to the era of the Prophet, but in the wrong way, ”he said.

"From my search results, there are several Muamalah markets in several regions of the archipelago. Like in Yogyakarta, Bekasi and Depok-West Java, ”explained @Pencerah__.