He has a dagger and a revolver – is there any zakaah on them?

Question

Praise be to Allah.

No zakaah is
required of a person for what he owns of weapons, animals, clothing and the
like, unless it is for trade. The evidence for that is the words of the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “No zakaah is due
from the Muslim for his slave or his horse.” Narrated by Muslim (982).

Al-Nawawi
(may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This hadeeth is the basis of the
principle that no zakaah is due on one’s own property, and no zakaah is due
on horses and slaves if they are not for trade. End quote from Sharh
Muslim.

One’s own
wealth means that which a person keeps to make use of and benefit from, not
for purposes of trade. On this basis, no zakaah is due on the dagger and
revolver, unless they are prepared for sale, in which case zakaah is due on
them. See also the answer to question no.
65515 for information on how to
pay zakaah on trade goods.

It should be
noted that the dagger may be made of silver or plated with gold. If the gold
or silver in it reaches the nisaab (minimum threshold) then zakaah is due on
it; or if it is less than the nisaab but the owner has other gold or silver
that reaches the nisaab when put together with it, then zakaah is also due
on it.

But if the
gold or silver in it is less than the nisaab and the owner has no other gold
or silver, then no zakaah is due on it.

The scholars
of the Standing Committee were asked: is a personal weapon such as a rifle,
revolver or sword subject to zakaah, and how should it be paid?

They
replied:

No zakaah is
due on that because it is not prepared for trade. But if there is any gold
on the sword etc that reaches the nisaab by itself or when added to other
gold that he owns, then he must pay zakaah, according to the more correct of
the two scholarly opinions, as is the case with jewellery. End quote.

Fataawa
al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (9/276)

And Allaah
knows best.