Zakat on household items of the dowry

Question

If a woman received in her dowry various goods in excess quantity, such as: clothes, saris, blouses, curtains, carpets, etc.; china vessels and a tea set, a dinner set, plates, etc.; Moradabadi vessels (among them a hot-water jug, a food carrier, a thermos, a spittoon, a glass, an ablution ewer, etc.; electrical goods — a bedside lamp, an iron, a ring (?), a refrigerator, etc.; silver items — a betel box, a soap dish, a perfume case, a kohl container, etc.), and besides these, other everyday things.

Answer

(1) Of these, whichever items are of silver or gold — let her calculate them: zakat is binding on them; on the remaining items there will be none. Note (tanbih): using vessels of silver and gold, a betel box and the like is impermissible for everyone, men and women alike: [ar]فتجب الزكاة فيها، أي في الفضة، سواء كانت دراهم مضروبة أو نقرة أو تبرًا أو حليًّا مصوغًا أو حلية سيف أو…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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