Jewelries, Ornaments Are Not Subject to Zakat

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about Zakat and jewelry. He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries.”’

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about Zakat and jewelry. He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is not due on jewelries.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), if there is Zakat on jewelries. He (the Imam) said, ‘If so nothing will remain thereof.’”

“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.’”

“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.”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Zakat of jewelries is allowing others to borrow it.’”

“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?…

“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 gold. Zakat becomes due only on dinars and dirhams.”

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Zakat is not due on gems even if it becomes a large amount.’”