Is there zakah on money saved for marriage?

Question : He asks: Is zakah (the obligatory alms) due on a person who has saved his money for marriage, and perhaps he has gathered it from so-and-so and so-and-so, and a lunar year has passed over it? Is there zakah on it if it reaches the nisab (the minimum threshold for zakah)?

Answer : Yes, there is zakah on it. That is, if a person has money in the form of coins or paper currency and a lunar year has passed over it, it is obligatory for him to pay its zakah, whether he has set it aside for marriage, to buy a house, or for anything else. This is because zakah is due on the specific items themselves, so whenever they are found in his possession, he is required to purify them with zakah. I ask Allah the Exalted to fulfill what the brother mentioned, where he said he has money for marriage and it reaches the nisab. It seems he means it is close to the nisab, meaning he may find a mahr (the bridal gift) of six hundred riyals. We hope Allah will bring that about without harm to the Muslims. Yes.