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Is zakat obligatory on a woman's gold jewelry that she wears?

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Shaykh Ibn Baz· عبد العزيز بن بازSenior Scholar

Majmu' Fatawa Ibn Baz, vol. 14, p. 121

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Yes, zakat is obligatory on a woman's gold and silver jewelry if it reaches the nisab and a year has passed, even if she wears it. This is the position based on the explicit hadith, and it is the safer and more correct view.

Evidence

Qur'an

[Surah at-Tawbah 9:34](/quran/9/34) — "Those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah, give them tidings of a painful punishment."

Hadith

Abu Dawud 1563 — A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with her daughter wearing two heavy gold bracelets; he ordered her to pay their zakat. (Sahih)

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