The Jurisprudential Ruling on Zakāt for Money Based on the Approach of “Tajmīʿ-i Ẓunūn” (Aggregating Probabilities)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Alireza Kolahduzan

Level 4 student of Imam Athar (peace be upon her) research educational complex in Qom

10.22067/jfiqh.2023.70044.1093

Abstract

Islamic sources introduce Zakāt as one of the most important obligatory tasks, on a par with the common prayer (Namāz). The present study attempts explore Zakāt on money both from historical and economical perspectives, within the framework of institutionalizing for Islamic economics. From a historical point of view, money do es not have an established nominal value (saman-i iʿtibārī) in Early Islamic period. From an economical viewpoint, money is accepted as an asset with exchange value. From a jurisprudential point of view, however, some objections are made to the nullifying of the specific characteristics from narrations about the obligatory nature of Zakāt on dirhams and dīnārs. From this viewpoint, only the obligation of Zakāt on commodity money is proven, but the obligation of Zakāt on nominal money cannot be derived from similar narrations on dirham and dīnār independently. The present study employs the descriptive-analytical method and considering the probabilities generated from narrations on proving Zakāt money, recommends the approach of “Tajmi’ Zunun” as a reliable method for proving Zakāt Money.

Keywords

• Zakāt money
• Tarākum-i Zunun
• commodity money
• nature of money
• dirham and dīnār Zakāt

Main Subjects

• Civil jurisprudence

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