The Nisab of Gold in Zakah and Who Is Responsible for Paying the Zakah on Jewelry?

The listener Ali Hussein from Iraq. We have previously presented a number of his questions, and in this episode he asks and says: What is the amount of the nisab for zakah in gold? Is the man responsible for paying the zakah on his wife's jewelry and gold, or is she? And is he to compel her to pay the zakah on her gold, or should he leave her to manage it herself?
Answer: The nisab is twenty mithqals. The nisab of gold is twenty mithqals according to the scholars, and its value in the current currency is eleven and a half Saudi pounds, and also eleven and a half French pounds; because the pound is two and a quarter mithqals, and if you calculate it, it becomes eleven pounds and three-sevenths of a pound, which is the nisab. Three-sevenths is around the half. Expressing it as a half is clearer for the listener. Eleven and a half pounds is the nisab. In grams, it is ninety-two grams; this is the nisab. If it is less than that and she has nothing to add to the jewelry, then nothing is obligatory upon her. However, if she has other gold that she adds to the jewelry to complete the nisab, then she must pay zakah.
The zakah is upon her, in her wealth; it is not upon the husband. This is her wealth, and the zakah is upon her. If he pays it on her behalf with her consent and approval, there is no harm, like an agent who is permitted to pay the zakah from his wealth on her behalf with her consent and approval; there is no harm. Or if her father or her brother pays it on her behalf, there is no harm if she is pleased with that. Otherwise, the zakah is in her wealth, and it is upon him to advise her to pay the zakah, guide her to what is good, and teach her. If she does not pay zakah, the sin is upon her, not upon him. It is only upon him to give advice; because there is disagreement among the scholars regarding this issue. She may have adopted the opinion of some scholars who say: there is no zakah in jewelry; because there is disagreement among the scholars regarding jewelry. Some of them hold that there is zakah in it, and some do not hold that there is zakah in it, considering it used and thus free of zakah. But the most correct of the scholars' opinions is that it is subject to zakah. If she pays zakah, that is the safest for her conscience and the most cautious for her. If she does not pay zakah, the sin is upon her, not upon you. It is upon you to give advice, and it is upon her to strive to clear her conscience. If she is reassured by the opinion of those who said: (there is no zakah in it), because she is a student of knowledge and has insight, and she is reassured that the opinion of no zakah is more correct, then there is no blame on her. She is responsible for what she knows of her religion. However, if she is a layperson who does not know, the safest for her and what is obligatory upon her is to take the safest course and pay zakah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.