Is it permissible to pay Zakat on wealth based on the Nisab of silver instead of the Nisab of gold, in order to make it easier for the poor, and has anyone from the Ummah ever issued a fatwa to that effect before?
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The (threshold) for on money in the form of banknotes or trade goods is estimated based on silver if that is more beneficial for the poor. This is the ruling issued by the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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