Estimating the Zakah of Jewelry by Value and Weight
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The questioner:
Regarding worn gold, if the woman does not have money to pay the zakah, should she sell some of it and pay the zakah? Yes. What should she do?
The Shaykh:
She sells some of it and pays the zakah, or she borrows. Yes.
Another questioner:
If a mother has daughters, is the gold combined?
The Shaykh:
But in the case of one person.
Another questioner:
Each person has their own time.
The Shaykh:
If the nisab is reached, each person has their own calculation. Yes.
Another questioner:
What is the amount of the nisab? I mean, what is the minimum?
The Shaykh:
Ten mithqals.
Another questioner:
Meaning, if less than twenty mithqals is stolen, no zakah is due on it.
The Shaykh:
Yes, in that sense.
Another questioner:
How much is it in riyals?
The Shaykh:
It is eighty-two grams, eighty-two grams.
Another questioner:
And what about it? The common people do not know by grams, for example, they ask: how much is it? For example, one thousand and five hundred, how much is that?
The Shaykh:
Fifty-six riyals in silver, and eleven and a half Saudi pounds, Saudi pounds, meaning,
Another questioner:
Approximately one hundred and fifty riyals. Yes. One thousand and one hundred and fifty riyals. Eleven Saudi pounds. One thousand and one hundred and fifty
The Shaykh:
It varies, depending on the exchange rate. The exchange rate varies. May Allah reward you with good. It may be a pound or it may be cheaper. Yes.
Another questioner:
Meaning, usually it is.
The Shaykh:
The reference for gold is the pound. If zakah becomes due, he looks at its value in the market with the money changers and pays it out. Likewise, for silver, it is fifty-six riyals. If it is like the current currency, he looks at its value with the money changers and pays it out, because it varies. Yes, yes.
Another questioner:
May Allah reward you for the knowledge. For example, he says: I pay zakah on this by estimation. For example, it is worth one thousand riyals, so I pay zakah on it, estimating twenty-five riyals.
The Shaykh:
He presents it to the market to see the market, or in the market.
Another questioner:
Excuse me, right now.
The Shaykh:
Jewelry, it is sold in the market, and the exchange rate of the pound is known, called the exchange rate of the pound. If its pounds are known, he knows the exchange rate of the pound and pays the zakah. If it is known, otherwise, when he pays its zakah,
Regarding worn gold, if the woman does not have money to pay the zakah, should she sell some of it and pay the zakah? Yes. What should she do?
The Shaykh:
She sells some of it and pays the zakah, or she borrows. Yes.
Another questioner:
If a mother has daughters, is the gold combined?
The Shaykh:
But in the case of one person.
Another questioner:
Each person has their own time.
The Shaykh:
If the nisab is reached, each person has their own calculation. Yes.
Another questioner:
What is the amount of the nisab? I mean, what is the minimum?
The Shaykh:
Ten mithqals.
Another questioner:
Meaning, if less than twenty mithqals is stolen, no zakah is due on it.
The Shaykh:
Yes, in that sense.
Another questioner:
How much is it in riyals?
The Shaykh:
It is eighty-two grams, eighty-two grams.
Another questioner:
And what about it? The common people do not know by grams, for example, they ask: how much is it? For example, one thousand and five hundred, how much is that?
The Shaykh:
Fifty-six riyals in silver, and eleven and a half Saudi pounds, Saudi pounds, meaning,
Another questioner:
Approximately one hundred and fifty riyals. Yes. One thousand and one hundred and fifty riyals. Eleven Saudi pounds. One thousand and one hundred and fifty
The Shaykh:
It varies, depending on the exchange rate. The exchange rate varies. May Allah reward you with good. It may be a pound or it may be cheaper. Yes.
Another questioner:
Meaning, usually it is.
The Shaykh:
The reference for gold is the pound. If zakah becomes due, he looks at its value in the market with the money changers and pays it out. Likewise, for silver, it is fifty-six riyals. If it is like the current currency, he looks at its value with the money changers and pays it out, because it varies. Yes, yes.
Another questioner:
May Allah reward you for the knowledge. For example, he says: I pay zakah on this by estimation. For example, it is worth one thousand riyals, so I pay zakah on it, estimating twenty-five riyals.
The Shaykh:
He presents it to the market to see the market, or in the market.
Another questioner:
Excuse me, right now.
The Shaykh:
Jewelry, it is sold in the market, and the exchange rate of the pound is known, called the exchange rate of the pound. If its pounds are known, he knows the exchange rate of the pound and pays the zakah. If it is known, otherwise, when he pays its zakah,
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب زكاة الفطر — islamhouse.com (58:14)
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