Ruling on the zakah of used jewelry?
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Question:
This is a woman asking, and she says: Is there zakah on a woman's jewelry if she uses it only for wearing, and she has no cash money from which to pay zakah if there is any due?
Answer:
Yes, yes, there is zakah on jewelry, even if she is using it. This is the most correct of the scholars' opinions, and there is disagreement among the scholars: some scholars hold that there is no zakah on it, but the correct view is that there is zakah on it; due to the generality of the evidence, such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): the hadith; and because a woman came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with two gold bracelets on her daughter's hand, and he said: She said: No. He said: Sunan Abi Dawud 1563Hasan (Al-Albani) So she threw them down and said: They are for Allah and His Messenger. There is no harm in its chain: it was narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i with a good chain from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As.
And so it came in the hadith of Umm Salama: that she used to wear ornaments of gold, so she said: O Messenger of Allah, is this a treasure? He said (peace and blessings be upon him):.
And if she has nothing else, she sells some of the jewelry and pays zakah. If her husband pays zakah on her behalf, or her father, or her son, with her permission and consent, there is no harm; it is sufficient. If her husband pays zakah on her behalf with her permission and consent, there is no harm. Otherwise, she sells some of it and pays zakah, or she buys jewelry on which there is no zakah: such as diamonds, or gold below the nisab. Indeed, what is below the nisab has no zakah. For example, if the jewelry is less than eleven and a half pounds, there is no zakah in it. The nisab is twenty mithqals of gold, which amounts to eleven and a half Saudi pounds, and amounts to ninety-two grams. If it is less than that, there is no zakah in it. And if it is diamonds, pearls, or the like, which are not gold, there is no zakah on them if they are for wearing. And so with silver: it is subject to zakah if it reaches the nisab, even if it is jewelry.
This is a woman asking, and she says: Is there zakah on a woman's jewelry if she uses it only for wearing, and she has no cash money from which to pay zakah if there is any due?
Answer:
Yes, yes, there is zakah on jewelry, even if she is using it. This is the most correct of the scholars' opinions, and there is disagreement among the scholars: some scholars hold that there is no zakah on it, but the correct view is that there is zakah on it; due to the generality of the evidence, such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
There is no one who possesses gold or silver and does not pay its zakah, except that on the Day of Resurrection, plates of fire will be made for him, and he will be branded with them on his side, his forehead, and his back, on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years. Then he will see his way: either to Paradise, or to the Fire.
ما من صاحب ذهبٍ ولا فضةٍ لا يُؤدِّي زكاتها إلا إذا كان يوم القيامة صُفِّحَتْ له صفائح من نارٍ، فيُكوى بها جنبه وجبينه وظهره في يومٍ كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنةٍ، ثم يرى سبيله: إما إلى الجنة، وإما إلى النارDo you pay the zakah of this?
أتُعْطِين زكاة هذا؟Are you pleased that Allah may put two bangles of fire on your hands?
أيسركِ أن يُسورك الله بهما يوم القيامة سوارين من نارٍ؟!And so it came in the hadith of Umm Salama: that she used to wear ornaments of gold, so she said: O Messenger of Allah, is this a treasure? He said (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whatever reaches the amount that requires zakah and is purified by zakah is not a treasure
ما بلغ أن يُزَكَّى فزُكِّيَ فليس بكنزٍAnd if she has nothing else, she sells some of the jewelry and pays zakah. If her husband pays zakah on her behalf, or her father, or her son, with her permission and consent, there is no harm; it is sufficient. If her husband pays zakah on her behalf with her permission and consent, there is no harm. Otherwise, she sells some of it and pays zakah, or she buys jewelry on which there is no zakah: such as diamonds, or gold below the nisab. Indeed, what is below the nisab has no zakah. For example, if the jewelry is less than eleven and a half pounds, there is no zakah in it. The nisab is twenty mithqals of gold, which amounts to eleven and a half Saudi pounds, and amounts to ninety-two grams. If it is less than that, there is no zakah in it. And if it is diamonds, pearls, or the like, which are not gold, there is no zakah on them if they are for wearing. And so with silver: it is subject to zakah if it reaches the nisab, even if it is jewelry.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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