The amount of the nisab for zakah in paper currency
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Question:
He asks: What is the nisab in the current Saudi currency? And how much is obligatory in it?
Answer:
The nisab in the current paper currency is the equivalent of fifty-six Saudi riyals in silver. If the paper currency reaches the value of fifty-six Saudi silver riyals, then that is the nisab. Anything less than that has no zakah due on it.
He asks: What is the nisab in the current Saudi currency? And how much is obligatory in it?
Answer:
The nisab in the current paper currency is the equivalent of fifty-six Saudi riyals in silver. If the paper currency reaches the value of fifty-six Saudi silver riyals, then that is the nisab. Anything less than that has no zakah due on it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/9 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:23:23)
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