The Ruling on Women's Jewelry
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Question:
This is a letter from a questioner who used the initials (S. M. M.) from the Qassim region, asking about zakah in women's jewelry, and about what a woman leaves in her house that she does not use except once a year, and what she uses constantly. He says: There has been much debate on this.
This question is also supported by a question from the believing girl (S. M. A.) from the State of Kuwait, who sent several questions in her letter, among them: Is there zakah in a woman's jewelry?
We hope for your guidance on this. May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Yes, the correct view is: there is zakah in it. There is zakah in a woman's jewelry if it reaches the nisab. This is the correct position.
The nisab is twenty mithqals of gold, and one hundred and forty mithqals of silver.
So if the jewelry she has reaches the nisab; which is eleven and a half Saudi pounds, or the European pound, if it reaches eleven and a half pounds, zakah becomes obligatory on it, or if it is eighty-two grams, zakah becomes obligatory on it. And what is less than that has no zakah, even if it is worn. You purify it with zakah, even if it is worn. This is the correct position.
And there is scholarly disagreement on this issue, but this is the truth, and this is the correct position; because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr, and from the hadith of Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with them both), what indicates the obligation of zakah in jewelry, along with the generality of his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:Sahih Muslim 987a the hadith.
And this is a general hadith that covers women's jewelry, and covers other things; for this reason, a group of scholars took the position of the obligation of zakah in a woman's jewelry; taking from these hadiths and acting upon them. Yes.
This is a letter from a questioner who used the initials (S. M. M.) from the Qassim region, asking about zakah in women's jewelry, and about what a woman leaves in her house that she does not use except once a year, and what she uses constantly. He says: There has been much debate on this.
This question is also supported by a question from the believing girl (S. M. A.) from the State of Kuwait, who sent several questions in her letter, among them: Is there zakah in a woman's jewelry?
We hope for your guidance on this. May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Yes, the correct view is: there is zakah in it. There is zakah in a woman's jewelry if it reaches the nisab. This is the correct position.
The nisab is twenty mithqals of gold, and one hundred and forty mithqals of silver.
So if the jewelry she has reaches the nisab; which is eleven and a half Saudi pounds, or the European pound, if it reaches eleven and a half pounds, zakah becomes obligatory on it, or if it is eighty-two grams, zakah becomes obligatory on it. And what is less than that has no zakah, even if it is worn. You purify it with zakah, even if it is worn. This is the correct position.
And there is scholarly disagreement on this issue, but this is the truth, and this is the correct position; because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr, and from the hadith of Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with them both), what indicates the obligation of zakah in jewelry, along with the generality of his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:
If 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 ذهبٍ ولا فضةٍ لا يؤدي زكاتها إلا إذا كان يوم القيامة صُفِّحت له صفائح من نارٍ، فيُكوى بها جنبه وجبينه وظهره ...And this is a general hadith that covers women's jewelry, and covers other things; for this reason, a group of scholars took the position of the obligation of zakah in a woman's jewelry; taking from these hadiths and acting upon them. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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