Question
If a person has cash and jewellery, then they are to be calculated separately for Zakaat. In this case, if your gold jewelry is less than the gold nisaab (87.48grams), then no zakat is paid on the jewellery. You only pay on your cash if it is over the nisaab R11,700 as in March 2025. Is that correct?
Answer
No, it is not correct. The value of the gold must be added to the cash and Zakaat paid on the total regardless of the weight of the gold being far less than the gold nisaab.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 12
- PDF page
- 7
Appears under THE FATHER’S RIGHTS? (approximate).