Conditions of obligation: growth, surplus and nisab

This general section of the zakat chapter covers the conditions tied to the nature of the wealth subject to zakat: growth (numuw) and its legal status in the 4 schools, the inclusion of gold and silver for their capacity for growth, surplus over essential needs, wealth acquired during the year (mustafad), tricks to evade zakat, the wisdom behind the prescribed thresholds, the time at which the presence of the nisab is considered, and the effect of debt. The schools' positions are cited with their classical references (original volumes and pages), and the takhrij of the hadiths (al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah) is preserved as transmitted.

Parts of this section

• The third condition: growth (numuw), definition and evidence
• The fourth condition: surplus over essential needs