You said that the nisab is ten pounds, so how much is the pound worth?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. You mentioned that ten pounds equal eighty-five grams.
The Shaykh : No, the nisab, the nisab is eighty-five grams.
The questioner : But isn't it ten pounds?
The Shaykh : By Allah, it is ten and a half.
The questioner : Okay, ten. May Allah reward you... because the pound is ten grams, and the scholars say ten pounds... no...
The Shaykh : No, some of them say eleven and three-sevenths.
The questioner : Eleven... meaning eleven times eight is eighty-eight, more than eighty-eight, because the pound is ten grams. From the day we put the pound on the scale, it comes out to ten.
The Shaykh : Ten what?
The questioner : I say that from the moment you put the pound on the scale, it comes out to ten grams, so ten pounds equal eighty.
The Shaykh : By Allah, we calculated it in grams and it reached eighty-five grams, and we do not know about the pounds, how much... is the pound?
The questioner : The pound now is ten grams.
The Shaykh : Ten grams, okay, how much does it make... eighty-five?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the pounds?
The questioner : Eight and a half.
The Shaykh : Eight pounds and a half, eight and a half.
The questioner : ... it becomes ten.
The Shaykh : One person says ten and another says eleven and three-sevenths, and we used to say this and we wrote it in our book "The Obligation of Zakah on Adornments", but they told me the goldsmiths... it does not reach except this.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The goldsmiths, the goldsmiths told us that it does not reach except eighty-five grams.
The questioner : Ten pounds?
The Shaykh : No, twenty mithqals.
The questioner : How much...
The Shaykh : We do not know how many pounds.
The questioner : ... Saudi, for example, its price is... a riyal.
The Shaykh : The matter is weighed, weighed, how much does it yield in mithqals? It is better if you think you have a connection with the people of gold.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, ask them how much it is in mithqals?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : We do not know anything about the mithqal?
The questioner : It is based ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? No, I know, I know, there is no problem, yes?
The Shaykh : No, the nisab, the nisab is eighty-five grams.
The questioner : But isn't it ten pounds?
The Shaykh : By Allah, it is ten and a half.
The questioner : Okay, ten. May Allah reward you... because the pound is ten grams, and the scholars say ten pounds... no...
The Shaykh : No, some of them say eleven and three-sevenths.
The questioner : Eleven... meaning eleven times eight is eighty-eight, more than eighty-eight, because the pound is ten grams. From the day we put the pound on the scale, it comes out to ten.
The Shaykh : Ten what?
The questioner : I say that from the moment you put the pound on the scale, it comes out to ten grams, so ten pounds equal eighty.
The Shaykh : By Allah, we calculated it in grams and it reached eighty-five grams, and we do not know about the pounds, how much... is the pound?
The questioner : The pound now is ten grams.
The Shaykh : Ten grams, okay, how much does it make... eighty-five?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the pounds?
The questioner : Eight and a half.
The Shaykh : Eight pounds and a half, eight and a half.
The questioner : ... it becomes ten.
The Shaykh : One person says ten and another says eleven and three-sevenths, and we used to say this and we wrote it in our book "The Obligation of Zakah on Adornments", but they told me the goldsmiths... it does not reach except this.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The goldsmiths, the goldsmiths told us that it does not reach except eighty-five grams.
The questioner : Ten pounds?
The Shaykh : No, twenty mithqals.
The questioner : How much...
The Shaykh : We do not know how many pounds.
The questioner : ... Saudi, for example, its price is... a riyal.
The Shaykh : The matter is weighed, weighed, how much does it yield in mithqals? It is better if you think you have a connection with the people of gold.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, ask them how much it is in mithqals?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : We do not know anything about the mithqal?
The questioner : It is based ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? No, I know, I know, there is no problem, yes?