Is it true that zakah (the obligatory alms) is not due on gold unless it reaches seven gold ingots?
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Question:
A woman asks: Is it true that zakah is not obligatory on gold unless it reaches seven gold ingots?
Answer:
This is not correct. Zakah is obligatory on gold when it reaches the nisab (the minimum threshold for zakah), which is twenty mithqals, or twenty dinars of the Islamic dollar that was in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The dinar in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was a mithqal. The amount of this Saudi riyal is eleven and a half riyals, which is approximately two [mithqals]. This is the mithqal of gold. As for ingots, they are not used as a measure because they may be large or small; they are not relied upon. Rather, one relies on the weights, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained. Yes.
A woman asks: Is it true that zakah is not obligatory on gold unless it reaches seven gold ingots?
Answer:
This is not correct. Zakah is obligatory on gold when it reaches the nisab (the minimum threshold for zakah), which is twenty mithqals, or twenty dinars of the Islamic dollar that was in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The dinar in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was a mithqal. The amount of this Saudi riyal is eleven and a half riyals, which is approximately two [mithqals]. This is the mithqal of gold. As for ingots, they are not used as a measure because they may be large or small; they are not relied upon. Rather, one relies on the weights, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل صحيح أن الزكاة لا تجوز في الذهب إلا إذا كان وصل إلى سبع سبائك ذهبية؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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