Is it obligatory to pay the zakah on jewelry every year, or only once in a lifetime?

The questioner : Another question.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Is there an authentic hadith regarding the payment of zakah on jewelry every year? Because many people ask for the evidence, meaning the hadith, on this matter.

The Shaykh : Yes, but it is not obligatory that the evidence be detailed in a way that specifies how people [should act]. This jewelry, if it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) every year, what obligates us to say, "Is there a hadith that obligates paying zakah every year as long as the nisab is reached every year?"

The questioner : Because there is another opinion that says it is only once in a lifetime.

The Shaykh : No problem, does the one who says that have evidence or not? It is not the other way around, as long as the nisab is reached every year.

The questioner : I mean, it is considered analogous to the zakah on other wealth.

The Shaykh : There is no analogy, my brother. This is gold, this is gold.

The questioner : I mean, is its ruling the same as the ruling on zakah for wealth?

The Shaykh : Without a doubt.