Is Zakat obligatory only on the cash amount in the bank, or must the value of the remaining merchandise be enumerated and added to it to calculate Zakat?
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is obligatory on trade goods and banknotes. Trade goods are added to banknotes in reaching the . The remaining goods must be appraised at the end of the hawl (Zakat year) and added to the monetary amount, and one-quarter of one-tenth (2.5%) of the total must be given as Zakat.
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