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From: naim@eecs.nwu.edu (Naim Abdullah)
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Subject: Is Zakat applicable on women's jewelry ?
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Date: 24 Feb 90 04:10:33 GMT
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Nizar Al-Talib from the Muslim Student Association (MSA) in Pa. writes:
>As to the payments of poor-tax ("Zakat"), she has equality
>with man, though certain schools of law on the savings, yet the savings
>converted into ornaments of personal use are exempt from tax.
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I am sceptical about this claim. Is it true that women's jewelry is
exempt from zakat ?

      Naim