Re: The real value of gold ..
Lmao, the thread went off the tracks. I used to think investment was better until I met a lady whose husband ran off after losing all his money in dubious investment and leaving behind his wife and kids with debt. She had to sell the gold and her house to continue keeping her kids in school and paying the rent for the flat they moved into. So, I used to think the whole saving gold for a rainy day was so filmy until I witnessed it in real life. And a house is just not as easy to sell as gold when you need money pronto.
And I would think a husband and wife would share with each other big financial decisions. Like my mother told my father she went to the jewelers and was getting something gold made for me. It was her money so there wasn’t any give or take or permission required. He shrugged and went back to reading the newspaper. And I just remembered my father pays for zakat of the gold my mother keeps (He explicitly took responsibility for it even though it’s from her side) so I guess she’ll tell him if she’s buying/selling to make adjustment for zakat.