The Ruling on Zakah in Eighty-Five Grams of Gold and Its Amount

Question:
One of the sisters sent a question to Your Eminence, saying: I own eighty-five grams of gold. What is the amount of zakah? Please guide me on this matter. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Zakah is one-quarter of a tenth. In forty pounds, it is one pound. If you own eighty-five grams, then according to the most correct view, it is slightly less than the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah). If you pay the zakah on it as a precaution, that is because some scholars say that eighty-five grams reaches the nisab. We have verified this and found that the nisab is ninety-two grams minus a small fraction, i.e., ninety-two grams, meaning twenty mithqals, which is eleven and a half Saudi pounds. If your gold reaches this amount of eleven and a half Saudi pounds, then pay its zakah, which is one-quarter of a tenth, meaning one pound from forty pounds, and half a pound from twenty pounds; this is one-quarter of a tenth. As for eighty-five grams, according to our verification, it is less than the nisab. If you pay its zakah as a precaution, that is good. Yes.

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