The zakah on a wife's gold if the husband is in debt
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The questioner : He says: Honorable Shaykh, if the husband has a debt that he cannot pay, and he has a wife who owns gold subject to zakah, and she has no income other than from her husband, how does she pay the zakah on this gold?
The Shaykh : No, she may take the zakah from her husband if he agrees and pays it out. If he does not agree, she sells some of her jewelry to the amount of her zakah and pays it.
The questioner : He says: The husband is in debt, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, if my husband is in debt, nothing remains for us but that she sell some of her gold and pay the zakah. Yes.
The Shaykh : No, she may take the zakah from her husband if he agrees and pays it out. If he does not agree, she sells some of her jewelry to the amount of her zakah and pays it.
The questioner : He says: The husband is in debt, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, if my husband is in debt, nothing remains for us but that she sell some of her gold and pay the zakah. Yes.
Source
اللقاءات الرمضانية لعام 1415هـ - 5 — binothaimeen.net (36:20)
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