ANALISIS KESHAHIHAN KESATUAN NISHAB DENGAN EMAS

Authors

  • A. Sarjan A. Sarjan Jurusan Syariah Program Studi Ekonomi Syariah STAIN Watampone.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18592/taradhi.v3i1.575

Abstract

Nishab is a concept in Islamic law about the minimum wealth that will make its owner
having an obligation to pay the compulsory alms (zakat). A standard for nishab emerges because
the monetary values of wealth items, whose nishabs have been specified by Sharia, exist. There-
fore, the idea to have a unified nishab standard is a product of ijtihad (legal thinking) that regards
that knowing the rationality behind the obligation to give alms is possible. Islamic legal scholars
have now motivated to conclude that our textually understanding on nishab needs to be reconsid-
ered. The present article focuses on the idea of nishab standard and the validity of the use of gold in
setting that standard.

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Published

2012-08-03