The Ruling on Zakat for Jewelry Intended for Adornment
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Question:
One of the sisters says: I am the listener (M. S. A.) from the land of Zahran, Jarad Bani Ali. She says: I have jewelry made of gold and silver, which I use to adorn myself, and I do not wish to store it until the time of need. Is zakat due on it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The correct ruling is that zakat is due on it if it reaches the nisab. Some scholars hold that there is no zakat on it, but the correct and stronger position is that zakat is due on it, whether it is gold or silver, if it reaches the nisab. The nisab for gold is eleven and a half pounds, meaning twenty mithqals, which is ninety-two grams. If the gold jewelry reaches this amount of twenty mithqals, meaning eleven and a half Saudi pounds, ninety-two grams, then zakat is due on it if a lunar year has passed over it, whether it is a bracelet or otherwise. This is the correct view.
As for silver, its nisab is one hundred and forty mithqals, which amounts to fifty-six Saudi riyals in silver. Anything exceeding this—fifty-six being the minimum nisab—and its equivalent in currency, the dollar, the dinar, the British pound, or others, or Saudi paper currency equivalent to that amount.
Some scholars held that there is no zakat on it because it is intended for use, but this is the weaker opinion. The correct view is that zakat is due on it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a woman who came to him with a bracelet on her hand: She said: No. He said: Sunan Abi Dawud 1563Hasan (Al-Albani) So she threw them away and said: They are for Allah and His Messenger.
And he said to Umm Salama when she asked him about jewelry: Is this hoarded? He said: And he did not say to her: There is no zakat on this jewelry. May Allah send blessings and peace upon him.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
One of the sisters says: I am the listener (M. S. A.) from the land of Zahran, Jarad Bani Ali. She says: I have jewelry made of gold and silver, which I use to adorn myself, and I do not wish to store it until the time of need. Is zakat due on it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The correct ruling is that zakat is due on it if it reaches the nisab. Some scholars hold that there is no zakat on it, but the correct and stronger position is that zakat is due on it, whether it is gold or silver, if it reaches the nisab. The nisab for gold is eleven and a half pounds, meaning twenty mithqals, which is ninety-two grams. If the gold jewelry reaches this amount of twenty mithqals, meaning eleven and a half Saudi pounds, ninety-two grams, then zakat is due on it if a lunar year has passed over it, whether it is a bracelet or otherwise. This is the correct view.
As for silver, its nisab is one hundred and forty mithqals, which amounts to fifty-six Saudi riyals in silver. Anything exceeding this—fifty-six being the minimum nisab—and its equivalent in currency, the dollar, the dinar, the British pound, or others, or Saudi paper currency equivalent to that amount.
Some scholars held that there is no zakat on it because it is intended for use, but this is the weaker opinion. The correct view is that zakat is due on it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a woman who came to him with a bracelet on her 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 نارAnd he said to Umm Salama when she asked him about jewelry: Is this hoarded? He said:
Whatever reaches the amount where zakah is due, if zakah is paid on it, it is not a treasure.
ما بلغ أن يزكى فزكي فليس بكنزThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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