If he has one hundred dirhams and goods worth one hundred dirhams, is zakah obligatory on him?
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The Shaykh : All right, regarding the issue not mentioned here but which we are asking about: if he has one hundred dirhams and goods worth one hundred dirhams, is zakah obligatory on him?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the value of the goods is added to the value of the gold and silver. Why? Because the intended criterion is the value. All right, if he has one-third of the nisab in gold, one-third of the nisab in silver, and one-third of the nisab in goods?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : My brothers, the correct view is that there is no zakah on them, because the correct view is that gold is not added to silver to complete the nisab. This leaves us with a difficulty: how do we add the value of the goods to the silver, but not add the gold to the silver? Because the intended value of the goods is silver, unlike gold. For this reason, we say that if the gold is in the form of goods, such as the gold of money changers, it is added to the silver to complete the nisab. Is that not so? That is to say, if a money changer has half of the nisab in gold and half of the nisab in silver, what do we say? We say that zakah is obligatory on you, because the intended criterion here is the value. Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the value of the goods is added to the value of the gold and silver. Why? Because the intended criterion is the value. All right, if he has one-third of the nisab in gold, one-third of the nisab in silver, and one-third of the nisab in goods?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : My brothers, the correct view is that there is no zakah on them, because the correct view is that gold is not added to silver to complete the nisab. This leaves us with a difficulty: how do we add the value of the goods to the silver, but not add the gold to the silver? Because the intended value of the goods is silver, unlike gold. For this reason, we say that if the gold is in the form of goods, such as the gold of money changers, it is added to the silver to complete the nisab. Is that not so? That is to say, if a money changer has half of the nisab in gold and half of the nisab in silver, what do we say? We say that zakah is obligatory on you, because the intended criterion here is the value. Yes.