What is the ruling on the zakah of gold prepared for adornment?

Question:
The scholars have differed in their opinions regarding the zakah of jewelry, such as gold prepared for adornment. What is your opinion, Your Eminence? Is zakah obligatory on it or not?

Answer:
Correct, the scholars have differed on this: some held that zakah is due on it, while others did not consider zakah due on it, stating that it is for personal use, like a donkey that is used for riding, or a cow that is used for milk, for which no zakah is due.
The correct view is that zakah is due on it. The stronger opinion among the scholars is that zakah is due on it, even if it is for adornment, and even if it is for wearing, provided it reaches the nisab. This is the stronger opinion, and it is the one by which we issue fatwas. We have written several articles on this matter; based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), first: based on the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Surah al-Zukhruf: 18]. Indeed, jewelry is part of a woman's affairs, and Allah made zakah obligatory and generalized it; He did not say: "except for a woman's jewelry." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This hadith. This encompasses a woman's gold and silver.
It was reported that when a woman came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with two daughters, and she had two gold bracelets on her, he said: She said: No. He said: So she threw them down and said: They are for Allah and His Messenger. Umm Salamah said to him: O Messenger of Allah—and she had gold ornaments on her—is this a treasure? He said: , and he did not say to her: This is jewelry on which no zakah is due.
As for what is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: It is a weak hadith that some jurists used as evidence, and it is a weak hadith. This is not authentic.