Zakah on Currency Collected for Hobbies
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Question:
He says: I am a student and I have currency that I collected when I was young. These currencies are from different countries, and they are kept as a hobby. Do I have to pay zakah on them, Shaykh Salih?
Answer:
If these currencies have been abolished from circulation, they have no value, and collecting them as a hobby does not make zakah obligatory on them. However, if you intend to sell them, and they have a value that reaches the nisab or more, or if you include them with your other assets and pay zakah on the whole, then it is obligatory for you to do so. Yes.
He says: I am a student and I have currency that I collected when I was young. These currencies are from different countries, and they are kept as a hobby. Do I have to pay zakah on them, Shaykh Salih?
Answer:
If these currencies have been abolished from circulation, they have no value, and collecting them as a hobby does not make zakah obligatory on them. However, if you intend to sell them, and they have a value that reaches the nisab or more, or if you include them with your other assets and pay zakah on the whole, then it is obligatory for you to do so. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (095) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-06-26] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:56)
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