The Calculation of Zakah When Wealth Reaches the Nisab of Silver but Not Gold
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have a sum of money for which a lunar year has passed, but it does not reach the nisab of gold, whereas it does reach the nisab of silver. So, which of the two metals is the zakah calculated based on?
Answer:
If the nisab is reached in one of the two metals, he pays zakah on it, even if it does not reach the nisab in the other metal.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have a sum of money for which a lunar year has passed, but it does not reach the nisab of gold, whereas it does reach the nisab of silver. So, which of the two metals is the zakah calculated based on?
Answer:
If the nisab is reached in one of the two metals, he pays zakah on it, even if it does not reach the nisab in the other metal.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من لم ير الفخذ من العورة — islamhouse.com (55:23)
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