The Ruling on Estimating the Amount of Jizyah in Currency in the Present Era
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the amount of jizyah (the tax on protected non-Muslims) taken from disbelievers in currency in these days?
Answer:
You know that this returns to the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of the imam in every time according to his assessment, and there is no fixed amount in it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Take from every able-bodied person one dinar or its equivalent in silver,” which indicates that a specific amount is not fixed.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the amount of jizyah (the tax on protected non-Muslims) taken from disbelievers in currency in these days?
Answer:
You know that this returns to the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of the imam in every time according to his assessment, and there is no fixed amount in it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Take from every able-bodied person one dinar or its equivalent in silver,” which indicates that a specific amount is not fixed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2280] حكم تقدير مقدار الجزية بالعملة في العصر الحاضر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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