Selling one's jewellery due to the inability to pay zakaat on it

Q: What is the ruling with regards to zakaat and a husband paying the wife's amount on her jewellery especially with the wife not earning an income. If it cannot be afforded whats the way forward? Do we sell the jewellery?

A: Yes, paying and discharging the zakaat is a million times more important than preserving the jewellery.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)