How can a woman calculate the Zakat on the 18 and 21-carat gold she owns, which has reached the nisab, especially since it contains stones whose weight she does not know, and given that she cannot take out the gold to weigh it due to home quarantine? And how can she pay the Zakat when she does not have a monthly salary but rather a personal allowance from her husband, knowing that a year and a half or more has passed and she has not paid Zakat on it due to her ignorance of the ruling?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If the gold is jewelry prepared for adornment, then is not obligatory on it, according to the majority of scholars, and this is the acted upon. If you wish to pay zakat as a precaution, there is no harm, and it is permissible to pay zakat from the gold itself. If you are unable to ascertain its weight or deliver the zakat to those entitled to it due to quarantine, there is no harm in delaying its payment until it becomes feasible.
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