If a person buys gold for adornment and jewelry, but intends to sell it if the need arises, is zakat due on it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. The honorable Shaykh says: If a person buys gold for jewelry, but intends to sell it if the need arises, is zakat due on it?
The Shaykh : We mentioned to you a little while ago, my brothers, that zakat is obligatory on jewelry in all cases, whether one intends to use it until the need arises or not, provided it reaches the nisab.
Zakat is obligatory on jewelry in all cases. This is a matter of scholarly disagreement, so you may hear from others that zakat is not obligatory on jewelry. This is indeed what some scholars say, but as long as we have a text from the Qur'an and the Sunnah, we do not turn away from it. In the Qur'an:[At-Tawbah 9:34]
The Shaykh : We mentioned to you a little while ago, my brothers, that zakat is obligatory on jewelry in all cases, whether one intends to use it until the need arises or not, provided it reaches the nisab.
Zakat is obligatory on jewelry in all cases. This is a matter of scholarly disagreement, so you may hear from others that zakat is not obligatory on jewelry. This is indeed what some scholars say, but as long as we have a text from the Qur'an and the Sunnah, we do not turn away from it. In the Qur'an: