Essay about money

Nowadays who doesn't need money? everyone needs it. Money is one of the calculating tools in the world that is used to make payment transactions. According to Rollin G. Thomas he argues that money is a tool of transactions with certain values ​​that will be exchanged for goods or services. So to get the goods that he wants someone must provide money to be exchanged for these items . In the past before the existence of money, the community made transactions through barter. Barter will occur when people with other people need certain items that at that moment they really need.

If I have money, there are several things i can use, either can be useful for others or even become a sin for me. The money will be beneficial for others if I use it for charity, share it with people who are less able, pay zakat, conduct transactions to various countries and so on. On the contrary, the money can be a sin for me if I use it to buy drugs, buy illegal drinks, bribe my friend to commit a crime and so on.

The function of money can be divided into two, namely original functions and derivative functions. The original function of money is as a medium of exchange, as a unit of calculation tool, and as a store of value. Whereas the derivative function of money is a legitimate payment instrument, a driving force for economic activity, as a means of transferring wealth, and as a hoarder of wealth.

So in my opinion, someone's mindset about money will affect the way that person manages money, the way and the person treats money.