Is zakah obligatory on the jewelry and gold pieces that women wear, and other such items?
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The Shaykh : Here is a question: Is zakah obligatory on the jewelry and gold pieces that women wear, and other such items, especially if they have reached the point of hoarding their wealth in this manner?
The answer, in brief, because I detailed this answer in "Adab al-Zafaf" (The Etiquettes of the Wedding): It is obligatory to pay the zakah on jewelry. The scholars have differed on this, but not every disagreement has a valid perspective, as the jurist-poet said. A disagreement that does not contradict the Sunnah may have a valid perspective, but one that contradicts the Sunnah has no value. Those who say that there is no zakah on jewelry have contradicted many hadiths that I mentioned in that book, "Adab al-Zafaf fi al-Sunnah" (The Etiquettes of the Wedding in the Sunnah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a ring on a woman's hand and said:. She said: No. He said: . There are many, many hadiths to this effect. Therefore, it is obligatory to pay the zakah on jewelry, otherwise the severe warning that came in the Book and the Sunnah will apply to them or to their owners: [At-Tawbah 9:34]. The least expenditure in the cause of Allah, at its lowest level, is paying two and a half percent of this hoarded jewelry and gold.
The second and final question on this topic.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : ... except at the time ... .
The Shaykh : No ... during the payment of the zakah, on the day of paying the zakah.
The second question: What is the ruling on tattooing?
The answer, in brief, because I detailed this answer in "Adab al-Zafaf" (The Etiquettes of the Wedding): It is obligatory to pay the zakah on jewelry. The scholars have differed on this, but not every disagreement has a valid perspective, as the jurist-poet said. A disagreement that does not contradict the Sunnah may have a valid perspective, but one that contradicts the Sunnah has no value. Those who say that there is no zakah on jewelry have contradicted many hadiths that I mentioned in that book, "Adab al-Zafaf fi al-Sunnah" (The Etiquettes of the Wedding in the Sunnah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a ring on a woman's hand and said:
Do you pay its zakah?
أَتُخرجين زكاته ؟A brand of fire
جمرة من نارAnd those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah
وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِThe second and final question on this topic.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : ... except at the time ... .
The Shaykh : No ... during the payment of the zakah, on the day of paying the zakah.
The second question: What is the ruling on tattooing?
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