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the money or goods or other things equivalent to 52.5 Tolas of silver (excluding the basic essentials). Further, he should not owe so much debt to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ or to people that he may no longer remain the owner of Niṣāb in case of paying the debt.
Islamic jurists have stated that the basic essentials of life are such things people normally need and without them they may face severe hardships and problems such as a house for living, clothes for wearing, vehicle, Islamic books and tools relating to one’s occupation etc. (Al-Ĥidāyaĥ, vol. 1, pp. 96)
If we keep the definition of ‘essentials of life’ in our mind, we will come to know that there are several things in our homes that are not included in the essentials of life. If the value of such things reaches the value of 52.5 Tolas of silver, then the Qurbānī will become Wājib. A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat, scholar of Sharī’aĥ, Maulānā Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن was once asked the following question: Does Qurbānī become Wājib for a person possessing one or two extra houses in addition to the house where he lives?
A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied that the Qurbānī is Wājib provided the value of the extra house(s) whether alone or when added to his other wealth that is excluding the basic essentials of life, reaches the value of 52.5 Tolas of silver. It does not matter whether he has rented out those extra houses or they are empty or he has a plot of land, the same ruling will be
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