I heard on your program that gold is subject to zakah when it reaches the nisab, and its nisab is (92 grams), and I have gold for use worth approximately (3000 three
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The questioner : You say you heard on your program, Light on the Path, that gold is subject to zakah when it reaches the nisab, and its nisab is ninety-two grams. I have gold for use worth approximately three thousand riyals, but its weight does not reach the nisab. How do I pay its zakah, based on the value or the weight? And what is the amount of zakah on the nisab in Saudi riyals? I ask for your guidance.
The Shaykh : The zakah on gold is based on the weight. If it is determined that this gold is less than the nisab in weight, then there is no zakah on it, even if it reaches whatever amount of currency.
And if it reaches the nisab in weight, then there is zakah on it. At that point, the zakah is calculated based on its value. For example, if a woman has the nisab of gold, we ask: what is its value? If they say, for example, its value is forty thousand, then the zakah on it is one thousand riyals, because the zakah is one-fortieth. If it is said that its value is eighty thousand, then the obligatory amount is two thousand. If it is said that its value is one hundred thousand, then the obligatory amount is two thousand five hundred riyals. And so on.
As for her question about the nisab of silver, the nisab of silver is fifty-six Saudi silver riyals. Whatever amount of silver reaches this weight is subject to zakah because it has reached the nisab, and whatever is less than that has no zakah on it. There is no consideration for paper money, because paper money increases and decreases. For example, in our current time, it is mentioned that the value of the riyal in silver is ten paper notes. If that is the case, then the nisab of silver in paper money is five hundred and sixty paper riyals, because the criterion is the value of the silver. This paper note itself is not silver, so it is not considered as such in itself, but it is valued in silver, and its value goes up and down.
The questioner : The listener in her last question is K. J. from Ta'if.
The Shaykh : The zakah on gold is based on the weight. If it is determined that this gold is less than the nisab in weight, then there is no zakah on it, even if it reaches whatever amount of currency.
And if it reaches the nisab in weight, then there is zakah on it. At that point, the zakah is calculated based on its value. For example, if a woman has the nisab of gold, we ask: what is its value? If they say, for example, its value is forty thousand, then the zakah on it is one thousand riyals, because the zakah is one-fortieth. If it is said that its value is eighty thousand, then the obligatory amount is two thousand. If it is said that its value is one hundred thousand, then the obligatory amount is two thousand five hundred riyals. And so on.
As for her question about the nisab of silver, the nisab of silver is fifty-six Saudi silver riyals. Whatever amount of silver reaches this weight is subject to zakah because it has reached the nisab, and whatever is less than that has no zakah on it. There is no consideration for paper money, because paper money increases and decreases. For example, in our current time, it is mentioned that the value of the riyal in silver is ten paper notes. If that is the case, then the nisab of silver in paper money is five hundred and sixty paper riyals, because the criterion is the value of the silver. This paper note itself is not silver, so it is not considered as such in itself, but it is valued in silver, and its value goes up and down.
The questioner : The listener in her last question is K. J. from Ta'if.