Explanation of the author's statement: "And if it is prepared for rent or for spending, or if it is forbidden, then zakah is due on it."

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And if it is prepared for rent or for spending, or if it is forbidden, then zakah is due on it". "If it is prepared" means if the jewelry is prepared for rent, that is, for a fee, such as when a woman has jewelry that she prepares for leasing, and women rent it for occasions. In this case, zakah is due on it because it has moved out of the usage that exempts it from zakah and has become prepared for growth. Similarly, if it is prepared for spending, such as when a woman has jewelry that she prepares for spending, so that whenever she needs food, drink, rent for a house, or anything else, she takes from it, sells it, and spends it. In this case, zakah is due on it because it now resembles currency, as it is prepared for selling and buying and the like. Or if it is forbidden, such as if it is in the shape of an animal, a butterfly, a snake, or something else, then zakah is due on it. Or if it is gold worn by a man, then zakah is due on it. This is because the exemption was only for jewelry prepared for use, to make things easy for the one obligated and to facilitate matters for him. What is of that nature cannot be made permissible through sin. Most of the scholars of knowledge followed this principle, so they said, for example, that forbidden travel does not permit the use of dispensations (rukhsah). They also said that a forbidden leather sock or stocking does not permit wiping over it, and the like, based on the fact that these are dispensations, and dispensations are not obtained through sins. It is said to the sinner: "Stop." If he repents, the matter returns to how it was.