If a wife has gold jewelery, who is liable to pay zakat on it, husband or wife. The wife owns that gold but she is not working.
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If a wife has gold jewelery, who is liable to pay zakat on it, husband or wife. The wife owns that gold but she is not working.
Answer
In principle, the Zakaat is due on the wife. However, the husband may pay her Zakaat with her consent.
And Allah Taãla Knows Best.
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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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