Zakah due on weapons kept as possessions

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Q 3: Is Zakah (obligatory charity) due on private weapons, such as rifles, pistols, and swords which are not intended for commercial trading purposes? If they are due, how can it be calculated?

A: Zakah is not due on such objects since they are not intended for commercial trading purposes. However, like jewelry, if the estimated value of the sword or other objects happens to reach the prescribed Nisab (the minimum amount on which Zakah is due), Zakah becomes due on them according to the most appropriate of the two views held by scholars. Zakah is also due if the prescribed Nisab of any of these objects is reached by adding the estimated value of other objects. (Part No. 9; Page No. 277) May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.