What is the minimum amount obligatory when one admits owing 'many dirhams' according to Abu Yusuf and Muhammad?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Acknowledgment of Rights

Book 20 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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Abu Yusuf and Muhammad rule that the obligation is not accepted unless the amount is at least two hundred dirhams, because two hundred is the threshold at which wealth is considered substantial (*ghina*) and thus necessitates the obligation of Zakat (alms-tax).