5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

current prices of the day when it will be given. Three fat sheep
can be given instead of four medium sheep. But the equivalent
of the same kind cannot be given instead of goods that are
measured by weight or volume. Their equivalents of a different
kind can be given. Zakât of gold and silver is given in weight,
that is, by weighing. But zakât of crops that are intended for
trade is given by volume. The equivalent of the same kind for
such things which are measured by weight or volume cannot be
given, for this practice entails interest. For example, instead of
five dirhams of silver alloyed with copper, four dirhams of pure
silver which is of the same value cannot be given. Five dirhams
of lower carat silver can be given instead of five dirhams of pure
silver. But it is makrûh to knowingly do so. Instead of five
kilograms of low quality wheat, four kilograms of high quality
wheat which is of the same value cannot be given. It is
necessary to give one more kilogram. But when giving another
kind of commercial property as zakât of any of these it is given
according to its calculated price of purchase in the concerned
country. For example, if a silver pitcher that weighs two hundred
dirhams is worth three hundred dirhams on account of the art or
handicraft it bears, five dirhams of silver shall be given as its
zakât. Gold worth five dirhams of silver cannot be given instead.
It is necessary to give gold worth seven and a half dirhams of
silver. If one has both gold and silver each amounting to nisâb
one gives their zakâts separately by weight, but even in this
case, that is, a person who has both gold and silver is permitted
to calculate their value and give in either one even if they are
the amount of nisâb, provided it shall be to the advantage of the
poor, that is, the current one shall be given. If one has both gold
and silver one or both of which are less than the amount of
nisâb and if in this case the nisâb of one of them can be
complemented by calculating either one with the other, it can be
given instead of the other as well. For all that, one should
calculate and give the one which is useful to the poor. Please
see chapter 5. If the value of a silver pitcher weighing one
hundred dirhams is two hundred dirhams owing to the
workmanship, its zakât is not due. For zakât is calculated
according to weight. A person who has hundred and fifty
dirhams of silver and five mithqals of gold the value of which is
forty dirhams, shall give zakât. For though the total amount
calculated in silver does not amount to the nisâb, the total
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