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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A man who has commercial shops: is there zakah in them? And is there zakah in his wife's jewelry?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you, he saysThe questioner : A man has commercial shops; is there zakah in them? And is there zakah in his wife's jewelry?

The Shaykh : As for the first, it is obligatory for the merchant to pay zakah on the wealth he trades in. He estimates it every year at its value when the zakah becomes due, then he pays out one-fortieth. One-fortieth is equal to two and a half percent, or twenty-five per thousand. If you know how to divide, divide what you have by forty, and whatever comes out of the division is the zakah. Accordingly, the merchant estimates all the commercial wealth. As for the remaining wealth he has, there is no zakah on it. If this merchant has cabinets, or a shop where he places the fabrics and the machines he sells, then there is no zakah on these shops and cabinets. Why? Because they are fixed assets used for business, whereas what is sold is what is subject to zakah.
As for jewelry, it is obligatory to pay zakah on it if it reaches eighty-five grams. The zakah on it is obligatory, and it is one-fortieth. The evidence for this is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
If any owner of gold or silver does not pay what is due on him, when the Day of Resurrection would come, plates of fire would be beaten out for him; these would then be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, his forehead and his back would be cauterized with them. ما من صاحب ذهب ولا فضّة لا يؤدي منها حقها إلا إذا كان يوم القيامة صفّحت له صفائح من نار وأحمي عليها في نار جهنم فيكوى بها جنبه وجبينه وظهره
Sahih Muslim 987a
and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
To a woman who came to him, and in her daughter's hand were two bracelets, meaning two thick bracelets of gold. He said: "Do you pay its zakah?" She said: "No." He said: "Would you like Allah to brand you with them as bracelets of fire?" So she took them off and threw them to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "They are for Allah and His Messenger." لامرأة أتت إليه وفي يد ابنتها مسكتان يعني سوارين غليظتان من ذهب قال: أتؤدين زكاتها؟ قالت: لا، قال: أيسرك أن يسوّرك الله بهما سوارين من نار؟ فخلعتهما وألقتهما إلى الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم وقالت: هما لله ورسوله
Therefore, it is obligatory for a woman to pay zakah on her jewelry if it reaches eighty-five grams. If she has nothing and her husband wants to pay the zakah on her behalf, may Allah reward him with good. Likewise, if her father or her brother wants to pay the zakah on her behalf, may Allah reward him with good. If no one is found to pay the zakah on her behalf, she sells from the jewelry the amount of the zakah. If she says, "If I sell from it every year, it will be exhausted," we say, no, because if she sells from it until it falls below the nisab, there is no zakah on it.
Source alathar.net

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