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Is zakat obligatory on gold prepared for adornment and ornamentation with the intention of saving it for investment or future need, and on gold purchased for daughters with the intention of saving it for their future needs, and is the gold of each daughter considered separately, or is it added to the total owned gold to determine the nisab?

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Zakat is not obligatory on jewelry unless it reaches the nisab (85 grams of pure gold).

Jewelry intended for personal use is not subject to zakat, according to the majority of scholars, and this is the fatwa.

If the intention of use is combined with the intention of saving or investment, then zakat becomes obligatory on it upon reaching the nisab and the passing of a hawl (one lunar year).

Gold purchased for daughters is not subject to zakat if it does not reach the nisab for each one individually, or if it is for the purpose of permissible adornment and use.

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