Is there zakah in gold that is only worn on special occasions?
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Question:
He says: Your Eminence! I know that many women have a lot of gold, and they do not wear it except on special occasions. Is there zakah in such gold, or is it considered savings? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this issue. Some scholars held that there is no zakah in it if it is used, while others held that there is zakah in it due to the generality of the scriptural evidence regarding this. This is the correct position that we consider stronger, and it is the ruling we issue: there is zakah in jewelry if it reaches the nisab and a lunar year has passed over it, due to the generality of the evidence indicating the obligation of zakah in gold and silver, and the absence of evidence for excluding that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He says: Your Eminence! I know that many women have a lot of gold, and they do not wear it except on special occasions. Is there zakah in such gold, or is it considered savings? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this issue. Some scholars held that there is no zakah in it if it is used, while others held that there is zakah in it due to the generality of the scriptural evidence regarding this. This is the correct position that we consider stronger, and it is the ruling we issue: there is zakah in jewelry if it reaches the nisab and a lunar year has passed over it, due to the generality of the evidence indicating the obligation of zakah in gold and silver, and the absence of evidence for excluding that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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