Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
me and my husband both are working. we spend our salaries on our monthly expenditure (house, bills,etc) in this case who is responsible for paying zakat on my gold jewelery. me or my husband.
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
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The basis is that each morally responsible person is responsible for their own zakat payments. No one else (whether parent or spouse) is under obligation or expectation to pay on their behalf, though they are rewarded if they do. This applies to both men and women.
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(Ref:Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar)
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Faraz Rabbani