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Is zakah obligatory on a woman's jewelry that she wears?

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Question:
A woman's jewelry that she wears sometimes on special occasions, and wears some of it constantly, is zakah obligatory on it, or not?

Answer:
There is zakah on jewelry that is used, according to a group of scholars, and this is the most correct of the scholars' opinions, though there is disagreement among the scholars. Some scholars hold that there is no zakah on it, but the correct and stronger of the scholars' two opinions is that there is zakah on it. So if it reaches the nisab, whether it is necklaces, bracelets, rings, or otherwise, when it is gathered and reaches the nisab, which is twenty mithqals, then ninety grams, which is its measure from ten Saudi riyals to ten and a half Saudi riyals, if it reaches this amount, zakah becomes obligatory on it. It is weighed and purified, then every year, twenty-five riyals are paid on every thousand, on every forty riyals, and so on always, even if it is being used. This is the correct opinion and this is the truth. As for if it is less than that, like five riyals or ten riyals, there is nothing on it. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 121 هل تجب الزكاة على حلى المرأة التي تلبسها؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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