Is it permissible for the questioner’s father or her husband to pay the Zakat on her jewelry, given that the questioner has no source of income? And what should she do regarding the Zakat on gold she sold but had not paid its Zakat? Is it permissible to delay paying the Zakat until her husband finds employment, or must it be paid now? Is it obligatory to pay Zakat in Ramadan, and is it valid to pay it now after Ramadan? And how is Zakat on gold calculated?

Zakat (definition) is obligatory upon the owner of gold, and it is permissible for someone else to pay it on their behalf with their permission and donation. Zakat becomes due on gold when a full year has passed over it. If the gold is sold during or after the year and its zakat has not been paid, then its zakat remains obligatory. If the owner does not have money to pay the zakat, they should pay it from the gold itself or by selling a portion of it. It is not obligatory to pay zakat in Ramadan (definition); rather, it becomes due when a full year has passed. Zakat is paid by valuing the gold at the time the year passes and giving 2.5% of its value.