Combining gold with silver in zakah and giving to those whose hearts are to be reconciled
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Or do we combine gold with silver, or is each one separate?
The Shaykh:
In this doubtful matter, the view of the scholars is that the closest opinion is that they are combined, because they are one thing. Although they are two things, because they are among the commodities and the standing of commodities, and they are one thing. So if he has half of the nisab in gold and half of the nisab in silver, he combines one with the other according to the stronger opinion, and he pays zakah on them. Yes. As for those whose hearts are to be reconciled, it is for repelling their evil, or for Islam if they have embraced Islam, or for repelling their evil, or for other benefits that benefit the Muslims. Yes.
Or do we combine gold with silver, or is each one separate?
The Shaykh:
In this doubtful matter, the view of the scholars is that the closest opinion is that they are combined, because they are one thing. Although they are two things, because they are among the commodities and the standing of commodities, and they are one thing. So if he has half of the nisab in gold and half of the nisab in silver, he combines one with the other according to the stronger opinion, and he pays zakah on them. Yes. As for those whose hearts are to be reconciled, it is for repelling their evil, or for Islam if they have embraced Islam, or for repelling their evil, or for other benefits that benefit the Muslims. Yes.
Source
التعليق على كتاب زاد المعاد، بداية من فصل فى هديه - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فى الصدقة والزكاة — islamhouse.com (14:59)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.