Zakah on Collected Coins
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Question:
He says: I have a hobby of collecting Arabic and foreign coins as a hobby, and I did not intend to sell them or benefit from them. Is there zakah on them, O Shaykh?
Answer:
There is no zakah on these; because they are obsolete and not used, so they are not among the two types of currency or the monetary standards on which zakah is obligatory. But if you intend to sell them as antiques that you want to sell, then zakah is due on their value if it reaches the nisab. Yes.
He says: I have a hobby of collecting Arabic and foreign coins as a hobby, and I did not intend to sell them or benefit from them. Is there zakah on them, O Shaykh?
Answer:
There is no zakah on these; because they are obsolete and not used, so they are not among the two types of currency or the monetary standards on which zakah is obligatory. But if you intend to sell them as antiques that you want to sell, then zakah is due on their value if it reaches the nisab. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/037 — archive.org (6:33)
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