Jewelries, Ornaments Are Not Subject to Zakat

1. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan ibn Yahya from ibn Muskan from Muhammad al- Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about Zakat and jewelry. He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Shammun from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al- Rahman from Misma‘ who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), was asked about an animal sexually molested. ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), said, ‘Its flesh is unlawful for food as well as its milk.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan ibn Yahya from ibn Muskan from Muhammad al- Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about Zakat and jewelry. He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ya’qub ibn Shu’ayb who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), if there is Zakat on jewelries. He (the Imam) said, ‘If so nothing will remain thereof.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Rifa’ah who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, when certain people asked him if there is Zakat on jewelries, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries even if it becomes a hundred thousand.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ’Isa from al-Hassan Ali ibn Yaqtin from his brother al- Husayn from Ali ibn Yaqtin who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about goods which are not used or moved. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is Zakat on it every year until it is used.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Zakat of jewelries is allowing others to borrow it.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ’Isa from Hariz from Harun ibn Kharijah who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that my brother, Yusuf accepts employment from these people from which he has earned great amounts of wealth and has turned them into jewelries to avoid Zakat. Is there Zakat on it? He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries; however, the loss that he has caused to himself in this way and depriving himself of the virtue of paying Zakat is greater than his fear of paying Zakat.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

8. Hammad ibn ‘Isa has narrated from Hariz from Ali ibn Yaqtin who has said the following: “I once said to abu Ibrahim (a.s.), certain things accumulate with me and remain for about a year. Is there Zakat on it? He (the Imam) said, ‘No, Zakat is not due on it. Use whatever is with you until one is passed, Zakat is not due on it and whatever is not rika’z you do not owe anything therefor.’ I then asked, ‘What is rika’z? He (the Imam) said, ‘It is solid with designs on it.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘If you like you can cast them because Zakat is not due on alloys of silver and gold.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Hadid from Jamil from certain persons of our people who have said the following: “Zakat is not due on gold. Zakat becomes due only on dinars and dirhams.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.