Discussion regarding the ruling on the zakah of jewelry.
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. What do you say about a woman who has jewelry and spends from it whenever she needs to? Does she owe zakah on it or not? She keeps the jewelry in a box and sells it whenever she needs to.
The questioner : He owes zakah.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : She wears it, or she wears it, but she sells it whenever she needs to.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, yes. If the intention is for wearing, but if the intention is for spending? Yes, there is no zakah on it, yes. If the intention is for trade, there is zakah on it, okay. If the intention is for renting? Yes, ...?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Renting it out, yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Even according to the school of thought? Okay. A woman has a bracelet like a snake, ya Aqil. A woman has jewelry like a snake. Is there zakah on it? No, she uses it every day. There is no zakah on it, yes.
The questioner : Yes, there is zakah on it.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Because it is forbidden. There is zakah on what is forbidden. Let us read this letter, Khalid, read it. Do you have it? Do you have a copy or not? Okay. How?
The questioner : He owes zakah.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : She wears it, or she wears it, but she sells it whenever she needs to.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, yes. If the intention is for wearing, but if the intention is for spending? Yes, there is no zakah on it, yes. If the intention is for trade, there is zakah on it, okay. If the intention is for renting? Yes, ...?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Renting it out, yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Even according to the school of thought? Okay. A woman has a bracelet like a snake, ya Aqil. A woman has jewelry like a snake. Is there zakah on it? No, she uses it every day. There is no zakah on it, yes.
The questioner : Yes, there is zakah on it.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Because it is forbidden. There is zakah on what is forbidden. Let us read this letter, Khalid, read it. Do you have it? Do you have a copy or not? Okay. How?