The Amounts and Quantities of Zakah
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Question:
May Allah bless you. How much is the zakah, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
There are four categories: gold, silver, trade goods, and livestock. The two types of livestock count as one category, then trade goods, then livestock, then what comes out of the earth. Each has its own threshold. The threshold for gold is eleven and a half Saudi pounds, which equals twenty mithqals of gold. This is the threshold for gold. The threshold for silver is two hundred dirhams, which equals one hundred and forty mithqals. Two hundred Islamic dirhams equal one hundred and forty mithqals of silver. In Saudi Riyals, this is fifty-six Riyals. Two hundred Islamic dirhams equal fifty-six Riyals of silver in Saudi Riyals, or the equivalent in paper currency. The fifty-six in paper currency is the threshold for silver.
As for trade goods, they are valued when the lunar year of possession is complete. If their value reaches the threshold of gold or the threshold of silver or more, then he pays zakah on them based on the capital. Does he pay it with the same goods?
As for livestock, which are camels, cattle, and sheep, these have detailed thresholds in the document of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and they are mentioned in the books of Islamic jurisprudence. This requires time.
As for what comes out of the earth, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that there is charity on every five wasqs of what comes out of the earth, which is grains and dates. There is charity on every five wasqs. A wasq is sixty sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) by the Prophetic sa', so the total is three hundred sa' by the Prophetic sa'. These are the quantities regarding the amounts of zakah, briefly stated. Yes.
May Allah bless you. How much is the zakah, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
There are four categories: gold, silver, trade goods, and livestock. The two types of livestock count as one category, then trade goods, then livestock, then what comes out of the earth. Each has its own threshold. The threshold for gold is eleven and a half Saudi pounds, which equals twenty mithqals of gold. This is the threshold for gold. The threshold for silver is two hundred dirhams, which equals one hundred and forty mithqals. Two hundred Islamic dirhams equal one hundred and forty mithqals of silver. In Saudi Riyals, this is fifty-six Riyals. Two hundred Islamic dirhams equal fifty-six Riyals of silver in Saudi Riyals, or the equivalent in paper currency. The fifty-six in paper currency is the threshold for silver.
As for trade goods, they are valued when the lunar year of possession is complete. If their value reaches the threshold of gold or the threshold of silver or more, then he pays zakah on them based on the capital. Does he pay it with the same goods?
As for livestock, which are camels, cattle, and sheep, these have detailed thresholds in the document of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and they are mentioned in the books of Islamic jurisprudence. This requires time.
As for what comes out of the earth, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that there is charity on every five wasqs of what comes out of the earth, which is grains and dates. There is charity on every five wasqs. A wasq is sixty sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) by the Prophetic sa', so the total is three hundred sa' by the Prophetic sa'. These are the quantities regarding the amounts of zakah, briefly stated. Yes.
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