What is the ruling on the zakah of gold if a woman sells some of it?

The questioner : A questioner says: I am a woman and I have gold. I bought it from gold and silver dealers. It has been with me for two years, and I have not paid its zakah. Knowing that I have suffered a great loss in selling it, because the price has dropped significantly, and I have no one to help me from any source, and my husband will not give me any of it every month. So, if you advise me to sell it every year to pay the zakah, because one day it will be…

The Shaykh : The question is clear. This woman questioner thinks that if she starts selling from her gold and paying its zakah, the gold will run out and be exhausted. We have explained recently that it cannot run out and be exhausted, because if it falls below the nisab, its zakah is dropped, and it remains forever without being subject to zakah, staying in the woman's possession and in her wealth. So we tell her: If you are selling from it until it falls below the nisab, such that what you have weighs eleven dinars, then there is no zakah on you for that, because it is below the nisab.