Combining gold with silver, the zakah of prizes, and giving to the Prophet’s family
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The questioner:
And whoever is forbidden the ranks, or is there a necessity for a time in the light of the custom.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to combine gold and silver with one another and to pay the zakah as one-fifth of a tenth, which is the amount corresponding to one-fifth of a tenth of the total sum of both; because they are of the same meaning. It is permissible to combine gold with silver, and if one pays each separately, there is no harm.
The questioner:
If there is no harm
The Shaykh:
If it does not reach the nisab, it is necessary to combine them. But if each one reaches the nisab, it is permissible for him to combine them and it is permissible to separate them.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding those of good standing in knowing the race and intending the money, that you find it is zakah.
The Shaykh:
Zakah on its yield, meaning it is prepared for rent, meaning it is like what is prepared for rent. One pays zakah on what he receives when a lunar year has passed. If he receives a prize in money and a lunar year passes over it, he pays zakah on it.
The questioner:
Or he gives it to the family of Muhammad, so that he has given this portion, perhaps it is that the ascetics have paid it.
The Shaykh:
According to the choice of Shaykh Taqi al-Din, yes, it is permissible. If they are not given their right from the khums, then they are given from the zakah and are not left in need.
And whoever is forbidden the ranks, or is there a necessity for a time in the light of the custom.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to combine gold and silver with one another and to pay the zakah as one-fifth of a tenth, which is the amount corresponding to one-fifth of a tenth of the total sum of both; because they are of the same meaning. It is permissible to combine gold with silver, and if one pays each separately, there is no harm.
The questioner:
If there is no harm
The Shaykh:
If it does not reach the nisab, it is necessary to combine them. But if each one reaches the nisab, it is permissible for him to combine them and it is permissible to separate them.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding those of good standing in knowing the race and intending the money, that you find it is zakah.
The Shaykh:
Zakah on its yield, meaning it is prepared for rent, meaning it is like what is prepared for rent. One pays zakah on what he receives when a lunar year has passed. If he receives a prize in money and a lunar year passes over it, he pays zakah on it.
The questioner:
Or he gives it to the family of Muhammad, so that he has given this portion, perhaps it is that the ascetics have paid it.
The Shaykh:
According to the choice of Shaykh Taqi al-Din, yes, it is permissible. If they are not given their right from the khums, then they are given from the zakah and are not left in need.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الزكاة — islamhouse.com (54:24)
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