craftsmanship (4) does not reduce it below the value of broken gold. Abu al-Khattab mentioned a viewpoint regarding the consideration of its value. The first is more correct, God Almighty willing.

Section: Every item whose acquisition is forbidden among forms of currency, its Zakat does not lapse by the act of acquiring it; because the fundamental principle is the obligation of Zakat upon them, as they were created for trade and for being a means to reach other things, and nothing has been found to prevent that, so they remain upon their original status. Ahmad said: Whatever is on a saddle or a bridle, Zakat is due on it. He explicitly stated regarding the ornamentation of the crupper (5), the stirrup, and the bridle that it is forbidden. He said, in the narration of al-Athram: I dislike the head of the kohl container being made of silver. Then he said: This is something I have deduced. Based on the analogy of what he mentioned (6), the ornamentation of the inkwell, the pen case, the saddle, and the like of what is on the mount follows suit. If one gilded its ceiling with gold or silver, it is forbidden, and Zakat is due on it. The scholars of opinion said: It is permitted; because it is subordinate to something permitted, so it follows it in permissibility. Our view is that this is extravagance (7), and performing it leads (8) to arrogance and breaking the hearts of the poor, so it is forbidden, like the acquisition of vessels. The Prophet—may God bless him and grant him peace—forbade men from wearing a gold ring (9), so gilding a ceiling is even more deserving of prohibition. If the gilding that is in