as is the case with grains, fruits, and all types of species. Abu al-Khattab said: The apparent meaning of Ahmad’s words, in the narration of al-Marrudhi, is that they are to be added together according to the most cautious method of calculation, whether by proportions or by value. The meaning of this is that the more valuable of the two is valued at the rate of the cheaper one; so if their combined value in terms of the cheaper item reaches a nisab, Zakat is obligatory upon them. For instance, if one owns one hundred dirhams and nine dinars—which have the value of one hundred dirhams—or ten dinars and seventy dirhams—which have the value of ten dinars—Zakat is obligatory upon them. This is the view of Abu Hanifah regarding the valuation of dinars in silver, because every nisab in which it is required to add gold to silver is added by way of value, like the nisab for amputation in theft. Furthermore, the very essence of addition is to realize the portion of the poor, so the method of addition should follow suit. The first view is more correct, because Zakat is obligatory upon the essence of monetary units, so their value is not considered, just as if they were held individually. This differs from the nisab for theft, for in one of the two narrations regarding the nisab for theft, it is silver only; in the other, it is not obligatory on gold until it reaches one-fourth of a dinar. And Allah knows best.

447 - Issue: He (the author) said: "And likewise for anything less than twenty mithqals."

This means that there is no Zakat on an amount less than twenty mithqals unless it is completed by silver or trade goods. Ibn al-Mundhir said: Scholars are in consensus that when gold reaches twenty mithqals, valued at two hundred dirhams, Zakat is obligatory upon it, except for what was narrated from al-Hasan, who said: There is nothing upon it until it reaches forty. They are in consensus that if it is less than twenty mithqals and does not reach two hundred dirhams, there is no Zakat upon it. The majority of jurists stated: The nisab for gold is twenty mithqals without