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Fatwa On The Obligation Of Zakat On Pawned Gold
RESOLUTION OF THE MEETING OF
THE PERLIS STATE FATWA COMMITTEE, 72ND/2025
24–25 FEBRUARY 2025 / 25–26 SYA'BAN 1446H
No. 2/72 OF THE YEAR 2025
FATWA ON THE OBLIGATION OF ZAKAT ON PAWNED GOLD
Gold that is pawned, including with pawnshop companies, is an asset upon which zakat is obligatory once it reaches the nisab and completes the haul. This ruling covers all types of pawned gold. If the pledgor (owner of the pawned gold) is unable to pay zakat when the conditions are fulfilled, it is obligatory for the zakat to make up the missed payment once he is able to do so.
PRESENCE AND CONCURRENCE BY:
1. Sahibus Samahah Professor Dato' Arif Perkasa Dr Mohd Asri Bin Zainul Abidin
2. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Tajul Urus bin Abdul Halim
3. Sahibul Fadhilah Professor Dr. Muhamad Rozaimi bin Ramle
4. Sahibul Fadhilah Professor Dr. Basri bin Ibrahim
5. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Hj. Zaharuddin bin Hj Abdul Rahman
6. Sahibul Fadhilah Professor Dr. Azman Bin Mohd Noor
7. Sahibul Fadhilah Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Akram bin Dato' Dahaman @ Dahlan
8. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Ahmad Sufian bin Che Abdullah
9. Sahibul Fadhilah Associate Professor Dr Ahmad Wifaq Bin Mokhtar
10. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Syed Abu Bakar bin Syed Kamal Bharin
11. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Muhammad Lukman bin Mat Sin
12. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Aidil bin Abdul Rahman
13. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Burhanudin bin Lokman
14. Al-Fadhil Ustaz Muhammad Khidhir bin Abdul Ghani – Secretary
Endorsed at the Meeting of the Council of Islamic Religion and Malay Customs of Perlis No. 2/2025 on 20 March 2025.