The Ruling on Zakat on Gold Intended for Use
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Question:
My mother owns gold jewelry intended for use, and I used to tell her that it is obligatory for her to pay zakat on it, but she says that the scholars differ regarding the zakat on gold intended for use. Is zakat obligatory on gold intended for use, or not?
Answer:
This is like what your mother said: there is scholarly disagreement among the scholars, some of whom said that there is zakat in it, and some of whom said that there is no zakat in it.
And the correct view is: That there is zakat in it, you inform her, you tell her: the correct view is that there is zakat in it if it reaches the nisab. If she has jewelry that reaches, for example, one hundred pounds, two hundred pounds, more or less, meaning a nisab of more than twenty dinars, twenty dinars or more, meaning twenty mithqals or more, then zakat is obligatory on it according to the correct view, one-quarter of a tenth. Its amount in gold is eleven pounds and three-sevenths of a pound, meaning eleven pounds and a half is clearer. If it reaches this, it is subject to zakat; and if it is less, there is no zakat in it, if it is gold.
As for diamonds, pearls, and other jewels, there is no zakat in these if they are for wearing. Zakat is only in them if they are for sale and trade. As for wearing, there is no zakat in them if they are like diamonds, or pearls, or other things. Zakat is only in gold and silver, these two metals.
Question: Okay, the zakat, it consumes the jewelry, so after how many years does it consume it?
Answer: Until it consumes it... if it is not spent, the zakat consumes it. Let it consume it. Either they cause it, they sell in it and buy, or else she sells the jewelry, she buys a little jewelry that does not reach the nisab, she buys jewelry that does not have eleven pounds, less than eleven pounds and a half, so that there is no zakat in it.
My mother owns gold jewelry intended for use, and I used to tell her that it is obligatory for her to pay zakat on it, but she says that the scholars differ regarding the zakat on gold intended for use. Is zakat obligatory on gold intended for use, or not?
Answer:
This is like what your mother said: there is scholarly disagreement among the scholars, some of whom said that there is zakat in it, and some of whom said that there is no zakat in it.
And the correct view is: That there is zakat in it, you inform her, you tell her: the correct view is that there is zakat in it if it reaches the nisab. If she has jewelry that reaches, for example, one hundred pounds, two hundred pounds, more or less, meaning a nisab of more than twenty dinars, twenty dinars or more, meaning twenty mithqals or more, then zakat is obligatory on it according to the correct view, one-quarter of a tenth. Its amount in gold is eleven pounds and three-sevenths of a pound, meaning eleven pounds and a half is clearer. If it reaches this, it is subject to zakat; and if it is less, there is no zakat in it, if it is gold.
As for diamonds, pearls, and other jewels, there is no zakat in these if they are for wearing. Zakat is only in them if they are for sale and trade. As for wearing, there is no zakat in them if they are like diamonds, or pearls, or other things. Zakat is only in gold and silver, these two metals.
Question: Okay, the zakat, it consumes the jewelry, so after how many years does it consume it?
Answer: Until it consumes it... if it is not spent, the zakat consumes it. Let it consume it. Either they cause it, they sell in it and buy, or else she sells the jewelry, she buys a little jewelry that does not reach the nisab, she buys jewelry that does not have eleven pounds, less than eleven pounds and a half, so that there is no zakat in it.
Source
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