Prayers & Duties >> Zakat & Charity
Question ID: 40837Country: BW
Answer ID: 40837
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 1413/1046/D=1433) If your wife is the owner of the jewelleries then zakah is wajib on her. You can pay her zakah with her permission. It became wajib to pay the jewellery in zakah hence it is not good to delay and wait for cash, it is better to pay some jewellery in zakah. However, if zakah was not paid then you will have to pay the zakah of this year in future, but you will be sinful for delay. It is wajib to pay 2.5 percent as zakah for one year. The price of gold should be learnt from the market.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India