The permissibility of a woman paying zakah on her jewelry without her husband's knowledge
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Is it permissible for a woman to pay zakah on her gold without her husband's knowledge, or to give charity from her own money?
Answer:
Yes, a woman may give charity from her own money. According to some scholars, it is obligatory for her to pay zakah on her jewelry if it reaches the nisab, even if her husband does not know, because this is an obligation upon her, a right that belongs to her, and her husband has no right to interfere in that. Just as she prays without her husband's permission and performs acts of worship without his permission, so too is paying zakah on her money and giving charity from it to those in need; this is her right, and it is her money in which she may dispose as she wishes. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. Is it permissible for a woman to pay zakah on her gold without her husband's knowledge, or to give charity from her own money?
Answer:
Yes, a woman may give charity from her own money. According to some scholars, it is obligatory for her to pay zakah on her jewelry if it reaches the nisab, even if her husband does not know, because this is an obligation upon her, a right that belongs to her, and her husband has no right to interfere in that. Just as she prays without her husband's permission and performs acts of worship without his permission, so too is paying zakah on her money and giving charity from it to those in need; this is her right, and it is her money in which she may dispose as she wishes. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4848- جواز إخراج المرأةالزكاة عن حليها دون علم زوجها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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