Zakat on Gold & Silver

**Obligation:** Zakat is obligatory on gold and silver by Quran, Sunnah, and Ijma' (consensus). **Evidence:** - Severe warning in Quran [9:34] shows it's obligatory - **Hadith:** "No owner of gold or silver who doesn't pay its due except plates of fire will be made for him on Judgment Day, heated in Hellfire, branding his sides, forehead, and back. Whenever they cool, they are reheated, on a Day lasting 50,000 years..." [Muslim] - Scholars unanimously agreed: 200 dirhams requires 5 dirhams; 20 mithqals of gold requires Zakat. **Amount Due:** - **2.5% (quarter of one-tenth)** - Gold: 0.5 dinar per 20 dinars, proportional increase - Silver: 5 dirhams per 200 dirhams, proportional increase **Hadith:** "In riqah (silver) is quarter of one-tenth for every 200 dirhams" [Bukhari]