Is there zakah in gold intended for adornment?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, is there zakah in gold intended for adornment, and if the woman finds that she must sell some of it in order to pay the zakah?
The Shaykh : Yes, the correct opinion among the scholars, and the stronger position in my view, is that zakah is obligatory in jewelry if it reaches the nisab, which is grams. If it reaches this amount, its zakah becomes obligatory. If she has money, she may pay from it, and there is no harm in that. If her husband or one of her relatives pays it on her behalf, there is no harm in that either. If neither of these is the case, she must sell an amount equal to the zakah and pay the zakah.
Some people might say: If we act on this, her jewelry would be finished and she would have nothing left.
We say: This is not correct. Why? Because if it falls below the nisab, even by a small amount, zakah is not obligatory. Consequently, she must have something left with which to adorn herself. The stronger opinion in this matter is that zakah is obligatory in all jewelry, whether gold or silver, whether it is worn, lent out, or rented out; it is all the same. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the correct opinion among the scholars, and the stronger position in my view, is that zakah is obligatory in jewelry if it reaches the nisab, which is
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85Some people might say: If we act on this, her jewelry would be finished and she would have nothing left.
We say: This is not correct. Why? Because if it falls below the nisab, even by a small amount, zakah is not obligatory. Consequently, she must have something left with which to adorn herself. The stronger opinion in this matter is that zakah is obligatory in all jewelry, whether gold or silver, whether it is worn, lent out, or rented out; it is all the same. Yes.