Limit of Silver Zakat.

1963. There are two minimum taxable limits for silver: The first is 105 ordinary Mithqals (equal to 483.88 gms). Therefore, when the quantity of silver reaches that limit, and other necessary conditions are also fulfilled one should pay 2.5% of it as Zakat, which is two Mithqals or 15 Nokhod. And if the quantity of silver does not reach the aforesaid limit, it is not obligatory to pay Zakat on it. The second limit of silver is when there is an addition of 21 Mithqals, that is, if an addition of 21 Mithqals takes place to 105 Mithqals, the Zakat should be paid on 126 Mithqals. If the addition is less than 21 Mithqals he should pay Zakat on 105 Mithqals only, and no Zakat is payable on the additional quantity. The same rule applies as and when ongoing additions take place in the quantity of silver, like, if 21 Mithqals are further added, he should pay Zakat on the entire quantity and if the addition is less than 21 Mithqals, is not liable to any Zakat. Thus, if a person gives 1/40 (2.5%) of all the gold or silver he possesses, he will have paid the obligatory Zakat, and sometimes even more than that. For example, if a person has 110 Mithqals of silver and gives 1/40 (2.5%) of that, he will have paid Zakat on 105 Mithqals which was obligatory, and also sometimes on 5 Mithqals which was not obligatory

1964. If a person possesses gold or silver which has reached the limit, and even if he has paid Zakat on it, he should continue to pay Zakat on it every year, as long as it does not reduce from the limit.

1965. Zakat on gold and silver becomes obligatory only when they are made into coins, and are in currency for transactions. Zakat should, however, be paid on them even if their stamp has been effaced.

1966. It is obligatory, as a precaution, to pay Zakat on coined gold and silver worn by women as ornaments, as long as such coins are legal tenders, that is, transactions are made with them as gold and silver currency. It is not, obligatory to pay Zakat on them if they have ceased to be legal tenders.

1967. If a person possesses gold and silver neither of which is equal to the first limit, for example, if he has 104 Mithqals of silver and 19 Mithqals of gold, it is not obligatory for him to pay Zakat.

1968. As stated earlier, Zakat on gold and silver becomes obligatory only when its taxable quantity is owned by a person for 11 months continuously. If, therefore, the quantity falls below the taxable limit at any time during the period of 11 months, it is not obligatory for him to pay Zakat on them

1969. If during the period of 11 months, a person who possesses gold and silver exchanges them for something else, or melts them, it is not obligatory for him to pay Zakat on them. However, if he changes them from coins to plain gold or silver, to avoid payment of Zakat, the recommendatory precaution is that he should pay Zakat.

1970. If a person melts gold and silver coins in the twelfth month, he should pay Zakat on them, and if their weight or value is reduced because of melting, he should pay Zakat, which was obligatory on those coins before they were melted.

1971. If gold and silver possessed by a person is partly of superior quality and partly of inferior quality, he can pay Zakat of each from its respective quality. In fact, it is better that he should give the entire Zakat based on the gold and silver of superior quality.

1972. If gold and silver have more than usual amount of alloy in them, if the pure form of them reaches the limit which was said, one should pay its Zakat, also, if gold and silver coins have more than usual quantity of alloy, but if they are still known as gold and silver coins, payment of Zakat on them is obligatory if they have reached the taxable limit, although in their pure form they may not reach the taxable limit.
But, if there is doubt, as an obligatory precaution one must determine the weight by melting or in some other way or pay as much Zakat as he is certain that it is paid.

1973. If gold and silver that one possesses have usual amount of alloy, he/she cannot pay Zakat with gold or silver which has more alloy than usual, but if one pays so much that he/she is certain that he/she has paid enough Zakat for the pure gold and silver, there is no harm.