What is the stronger position regarding the zakah of used jewelry?

Question:
The opinions of the scholars differ regarding the ruling on the zakah of jewelry that is used and jewelry that is not used. What is your opinion, Your Eminence, on this issue? Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.

Answer:
The stronger position is that zakah is due on it, on jewelry in general: whether it is used or not used. It is obligatory to pay zakah on it if a lunar year has passed over it and it reaches the minimum threshold (nisab). This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the woman who had jewelry to pay zakah on it. When Umm Salamah showed him her jewelry, he said: . And he said to the woman who had a bracelet on her hand that she did not pay zakah on: . Therefore, it is obligatory for the one who has jewelry, whether she wears it or does not wear it, to pay zakah on it when a lunar year has passed over it and it reaches the minimum threshold (nisab).