The zakah of a wife’s gold that is kept for adornment
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Question:
This man asks, saying: My wife has had gold for six years, and today this gold is worth eight thousand riyals. She wants to pay its zakah. How is the zakah of this gold calculated, and does she have to pay zakah for the past years?
Answer:
If she intended to wear and use it in the past years, there is no zakah on it. When she sells it, zakah becomes obligatory on its value. If she sells it and a lunar year passes over its value, she pays zakah on that value. Or, if she intended to sell it, it shifts from her intention of use to her intention of sale. As soon as she intends to sell it, it becomes trade capital. If a year passes from her intention, she pays zakah on it. And if she intends to sell it and sells it immediately, she pays zakah on the value if a year has passed over it.
This man asks, saying: My wife has had gold for six years, and today this gold is worth eight thousand riyals. She wants to pay its zakah. How is the zakah of this gold calculated, and does she have to pay zakah for the past years?
Answer:
If she intended to wear and use it in the past years, there is no zakah on it. When she sells it, zakah becomes obligatory on its value. If she sells it and a lunar year passes over its value, she pays zakah on that value. Or, if she intended to sell it, it shifts from her intention of use to her intention of sale. As soon as she intends to sell it, it becomes trade capital. If a year passes from her intention, she pays zakah on it. And if she intends to sell it and sells it immediately, she pays zakah on the value if a year has passed over it.
Source
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