The Ruling on Zakah of Worn Jewelry
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Is there zakah due on the gold that a woman uses for adornment, knowing that it reaches one hundred grams? We ask for your guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Yes, the correct view is that zakah is due on it. There is zakah on a woman’s jewelry of gold and silver, and it is one-quarter of a tenth. Even if she uses it, this is the correct view. There is disagreement among the scholars; some scholars hold that zakah is not obligatory on jewelry, but the correct view is that it is obligatory on it if it reaches the nisab. The nisab is approximately two hundred and ninety-two grams, twenty mithqals. In Saudi riyals, it is eleven and a half riyals. In the Arab silver riyal, it is fifty-six riyals of silver or its equivalent. If the jewelry reaches the nisab of zakah, then zakah is obligatory on it according to the correct view.
It is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 987a This hadith. This encompasses jewelry made of gold and silver.
The point is: the stronger and correct view is that jewelry, even if it is worn, must be purified by zakah if it reaches the nisab every lunar year. In one thousand, it is twenty-five; in two thousand, it is fifty, and so on. You determine the value of the gold at the time of the lunar year and pay zakah based on its value. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Yes, the correct view is that zakah is due on it. There is zakah on a woman’s jewelry of gold and silver, and it is one-quarter of a tenth. Even if she uses it, this is the correct view. There is disagreement among the scholars; some scholars hold that zakah is not obligatory on jewelry, but the correct view is that it is obligatory on it if it reaches the nisab. The nisab is approximately two hundred and ninety-two grams, twenty mithqals. In Saudi riyals, it is eleven and a half riyals. In the Arab silver riyal, it is fifty-six riyals of silver or its equivalent. If the jewelry reaches the nisab of zakah, then zakah is obligatory on it according to the correct view.
It is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him)
A woman and her daughter came to him wearing two bracelets of gold—meaning: two gold bracelets—and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you pay the zakah of this? She said: No. He said: Would you like Allah to adorn you with them on the Day of Resurrection as two bracelets of fire? So she threw them down and said: They are for Allah and His Messenger.
أنه دخلت عليه امرأة وعلى ابنتها مسكتان من ذهب -يعني: سوارين من ذهب- فقال ﷺ: أتعطين زكاة هذا؟ قالت: لا. قال: أيسرك أن يسورك الله بهما يوم القيامة سوارين من نار؟ فألقتهما وقالت: هما لله ورسولهIf any owner of gold or silver does not pay what is due on him, when the Day of Resurrection would come, plates of fire would be beaten out for him; these would then be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, his forehead and his back would be cauterized with them.
ما من صاحب ذهب ولا فضة لا يؤدي زكاتها، إلا إذا كان يوم القيامة صفحت له صفائح من نار فيكوى به جنبه وجبينه وظهرهThe point is: the stronger and correct view is that jewelry, even if it is worn, must be purified by zakah if it reaches the nisab every lunar year. In one thousand, it is twenty-five; in two thousand, it is fifty, and so on. You determine the value of the gold at the time of the lunar year and pay zakah based on its value. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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