How to Calculate the Zakah of Gold Mixed with Other Materials
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Question:
What is the method for paying the zakah on women’s jewelry if the gold in it is not pure on its own, but is set with various types of gems and precious stones? Should the weight of these stones and gems be counted along with the gold, since it is difficult to separate the gold from them when paying its zakah?
Answer:
It is the gold that is subject to zakah if it is for wearing. As for precious stones such as pearls, diamonds, and the like, there is no zakah on them. If necklaces or other items contain both, the woman, her husband, or her guardians should look, consider, and estimate the amount of gold. Whatever is most likely to be the case is sufficient in this regard. If it reaches the nisab, it is subject to zakah.
The nisab is twenty mithqals. Its amount in the Saudi and European pound is eleven and a half Saudi pounds.
In grams, it is eighty-two grams.
If the gold in the jewelry reaches this amount, it is subject to zakah. If it contains gems, diamonds, and the like, the gold is estimated based on the most likely amount, with effort made, or it is presented to people of expertise. Their distinction may be more accurate so they can estimate the gold. If the gold reaches this amount—meaning eighty-two grams, twenty mithqals, eleven and a half Saudi pounds, which is the nisab—it is subject to zakah every year.
It is one-quarter of a tenth, which is twenty-five for every thousand. This is the correct opinion among the scholars regarding jewelry.
However, if it is for trade, it is all subject to zakah. If the jewelry is for trade, and the pearls, diamonds, or other items in it are for trade, it is all subject to zakah based on its value, like other trade goods, according to the majority of scholars. Some of them reported that this is the consensus of the scholars.
The presenter: May Allah bless you.
What is the method for paying the zakah on women’s jewelry if the gold in it is not pure on its own, but is set with various types of gems and precious stones? Should the weight of these stones and gems be counted along with the gold, since it is difficult to separate the gold from them when paying its zakah?
Answer:
It is the gold that is subject to zakah if it is for wearing. As for precious stones such as pearls, diamonds, and the like, there is no zakah on them. If necklaces or other items contain both, the woman, her husband, or her guardians should look, consider, and estimate the amount of gold. Whatever is most likely to be the case is sufficient in this regard. If it reaches the nisab, it is subject to zakah.
The nisab is twenty mithqals. Its amount in the Saudi and European pound is eleven and a half Saudi pounds.
In grams, it is eighty-two grams.
If the gold in the jewelry reaches this amount, it is subject to zakah. If it contains gems, diamonds, and the like, the gold is estimated based on the most likely amount, with effort made, or it is presented to people of expertise. Their distinction may be more accurate so they can estimate the gold. If the gold reaches this amount—meaning eighty-two grams, twenty mithqals, eleven and a half Saudi pounds, which is the nisab—it is subject to zakah every year.
It is one-quarter of a tenth, which is twenty-five for every thousand. This is the correct opinion among the scholars regarding jewelry.
However, if it is for trade, it is all subject to zakah. If the jewelry is for trade, and the pearls, diamonds, or other items in it are for trade, it is all subject to zakah based on its value, like other trade goods, according to the majority of scholars. Some of them reported that this is the consensus of the scholars.
The presenter: May Allah bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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