
Question
I have about 10 ounces of gold. I usually use 2/3 bhari. The rest of the gold is used only for special occasions. One sister said, ‘You don’t have to pay zakat on the gold that is used regularly.’ There is a lot of confusion in our society about this. The thing I want to know from the Mufti is, is that sister right? 3721952661
Answer
- حامداومصلياومسلما، بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم -
Your sister is not right. It is proved by several saheeh hadeeths that even if gold or silver ornaments are used, one has to pay zakat. Below are some descriptions: It is narrated in Sunan Abu Dawood that a woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with her daughter. The girl had two gold bangles in her hand. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Do you pay zakat on this ornament?" The woman said no. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: َيَسُرّكِ َْنْ يُسَوِّرَكِ اللَُهُ بِهِمَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سِوَارَيْنِ مِنْ نَارٍ؟ • Do you prefer that Allah will give you two bangles of fire on the Day of Resurrection instead of these two bangles? (Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith 1573, Hadith scholars like Ibn Qattan, Munziri, Zailai have said that the hadith is saheeh. Nasbur Rayah 2/380; Bayanul Wahmi wal Iham 5/36) Ummul Muminin Ayesha Ra. He said: I entered the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and returned to me in a state of despair from the leaf. He said: What is this or this luxury? فقلت: صنعتهن أتزين لك يا رسول الله, قال: أتؤدين زكاتهن ?, قلت: لا, أو ما شاء الله, قال: هو حسبك من النار • oyasallama Prophet came to me, my hands were silver bangles two. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, 'Is this Ayesha?' I said, "O Allah's Apostle, I have made these so that I may sit in front of you." He said, "Do you pay zakat on them?" I said no. He said, "These will be enough to take you to Hell." (Sunan Abu Daud, Hadith 1585; Hakeem, Ibn Dakikil Eid and other hadith scholars have called the hadith Sahih. Mustadrake Hakeem, Hadith 146; Nasbur Rayah 2/361) Umm al-Muminin Umm Salama. Said, I used to use a kind of gold ornament. I asked, "O Allah's Apostle, does it belong to Kanya?" (In the Qur'an for which punishment has been mentioned) He said: مَا بَلَغَ أَنْ تُؤَدّى زَكَاتُهُ ، فَزُكَِيَ فَلَيْسَ بِكَنْزٍ (Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith 1584; Imam Hakeem called the hadith Sahih. Imam Nawabi said, the hadith is Hasan. Mustadrake Hakeem, Hadith 148; Al Majmoo 5/517) With such a narration in mind, the great jurists, the Companions and the Tabi'is, have issued fatwas to pay zakat on gold or silver ornaments, even if they are used. It is narrated in Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Umar. Abu Musa wrote a letter in the name of Ash'ari to the effect that he had commanded the Muslim women around him to pay zakat on their ornaments, except for the women who are Muslims. (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith 10256; Imam Bukhari called the narration Mursal; At-Tarikhul Kabir 4/218) In another hadith, a woman asked Abdullah bin Masood about her ornaments and said, "Do you have to pay Zakat on them?" He said: ذِذَا بَلَغَ مِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ فَزَكِّيهِ • If the amount is two hundred dirhams (ie the amount of zakat), then pay zakat on it. (Musannafe Abdur Razzaq, Narration 6055, Almuzamul Kabir, Tabarani, Hadith 9594; Majmauz Yawaid, Hadith 4356) Also Ummul Muminin Ayesha Ra. Abdullah bin Amr, Abdullah bin Masood. The Companions and Ibn Sirin, Ibn al-Musayyib, Saeed ibn Zubayr, Ata, Mujahid, Zuhri, Alkama, Aswad and Umar ibn Abdul Aziz used to give similar fatwas. (Musannafe Abdur Razzaq, Hadith 7054, 6059, 6070, 7085, 8056) That is why the famous Tabi'i Ata, Zuhri and Makhul said- قَالُوا: فِي الْحُلِيِّ زَكَاةٌ. وَقَالُوا: مَضَتِ السّنّةُ أَنّ فِي الْحُلِيِّ الذّهَبِ وَالْفِضّةِ زَكَاةً য Zakat is to be paid on gold and silver ornaments. It is circumcised from the east. (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith 1026) In short, the above discussion proves that even if gold or silver ornaments are used, one has to pay Zakat. The narration narrated directly from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the sense that one does not have to pay zakat on the ornaments used is not saheeh from the point of view of sanad. See Alkhilafiyyat, Baihaqi 4/384; Tanqihut Tahqiq, Ibn Abdil Hadi 2/210; Nasbur Rayah 2/364 In this case, those who say that they do not have to pay zakat on ornaments, they mention some ashar as a document. However, since the fact that zakat on ornaments is obligatory is clearly proved by various hadiths, this opinion is more powerful in judging the evidence. 8151783932
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Source
- কিতাবুল হুজ্জাহ আলা আহলিল মাদীনাহ, Part: 1, Page: 283
- শরহু মুখতাসারিত তাহাবী, Part: 2, Page: 313
- বাদায়েউস সানায়ে, Part: 2, Page: 101
- ফাতহুল কাদীর, Part: 2, Page: 162
- আলবাহরুর রায়েক, Part: 2, Page: 226
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