FatwaFederal TerritoriesZakat
NILAIAN ZAKAT MA'DAN DAN RIKAZ
What is the rate of zakat on ma'dan (mined wealth) and rikaz (buried treasure)?
Short answer
Ma'dan is gold and silver extracted from the earth and cleaned.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Zakat
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Ma'dan is gold and silver extracted from the earth and cleaned. Its nisab is the same as for gold and silver with no one-year holding period, and zakat is due immediately at 2.5%. Rikaz is property left by people of the pre-Islamic era and found in the ground, whether gold, silver or other wealth, and its zakat is due immediately at 20% with no one-year period. The fatwa states in one part that rikaz does not require a nisab, yet elsewhere says its nisab is the same as gold and silver, and both statements appear in the text without being reconciled. Property proven to have been buried in the Islamic era is treated as lost property and is covered under the rulings on found items.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Kadar zakat yang wajib dikeluarkan ialah 1/5 bersamaan dengan 20% daripada hasil keseluruhannya.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “NILAIAN ZAKAT MA'DAN DAN RIKAZ”, 13 July 2015. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/1935-nilaian-zakat-ma-dan-dan-rikaz. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/zakat-rate-on-madan-and-rikaz/