What is required of a woman who has silver jewelry and has not paid its zakah?
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Q: I have silver in the form of jewelry for the neck, hands, head, and a belt. I have repeatedly asked my husband to sell it and pay its zakah, but he says that it has not reached the nisab. It has now been about 23 years, and I have not paid its zakah. What is required of me now?
A: If it has not reached the nisab, there is no zakah on it. Be aware that the nisab of silver is 140 mithqals, which amounts to 56 riyals of silver. If the silver jewelry reaches this amount, zakah becomes obligatory on it, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions, whenever a lunar year has passed over it. The obligatory amount is one-quarter of one-tenth, which is 2.5 riyals from every 100, and 25 from every 1,000.
As for gold, its nisab is 20 mithqals, which amounts to 11.5 Saudi pounds, or 92 grams. If a lunar year passes over gold jewelry that reaches this amount or more, zakah becomes obligatory on it, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. It is one-quarter of one-tenth, and the amount of that is 2.5 pounds from every 100 pounds, or its value in paper currency, or silver, and whatever exceeds that is calculated accordingly. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 987a. It was narrated by Muslim in his Sahih.
It is also established from him (peace and blessings be upon him), in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, that he said to a woman who came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with two gold bracelets on her daughter's hand: She said: No. He said to her (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 1563Hasan (Al-Albani). So she threw them away and said: They are for Allah and His Messenger. It was narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i with a sound chain. And there are many hadiths in this meaning. And success is from Allah.
A: If it has not reached the nisab, there is no zakah on it. Be aware that the nisab of silver is 140 mithqals, which amounts to 56 riyals of silver. If the silver jewelry reaches this amount, zakah becomes obligatory on it, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions, whenever a lunar year has passed over it. The obligatory amount is one-quarter of one-tenth, which is 2.5 riyals from every 100, and 25 from every 1,000.
As for gold, its nisab is 20 mithqals, which amounts to 11.5 Saudi pounds, or 92 grams. If a lunar year passes over gold jewelry that reaches this amount or more, zakah becomes obligatory on it, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. It is one-quarter of one-tenth, and the amount of that is 2.5 pounds from every 100 pounds, or its value in paper currency, or silver, and whatever exceeds that is calculated accordingly. This is based on 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. Whenever these cool down, (the process is) repeated during a day the extent of which would be fifty thousand years, until judgment is pronounced among servants, and he sees whether his path is to take him to Paradise or to Hell.
ما من صاحب ذهب ولا فضة لا يؤدي منها حقها إلا إذا كان يوم القيامة صفحت له صفائح من نار فأحمي عليها في نار جهنم فيكوى بها جنبه وجبينه وظهره كلما بردت أعيدت له في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنة حتى يقضى بين العباد، فيرى سبيله إما إلى الجنة وإما إلى النار...It is also established from him (peace and blessings be upon him), in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, that he said to a woman who came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with two gold bracelets on her daughter's hand:
Do you give the zakah of this?
أتعطين زكاة هذا؟Are you pleased that Allah may put two bangles of fire on your hands?
أيسرك أن يسورك الله بهما يوم القيامة سوارين من نار
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