Zakah on dried milk and how to calculate its amount
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The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah? Is it weighed while it is dried, or is it ground? He says: How is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
Dried milk is not subject to zakah unless it is trade goods. If it is among trade goods, it is subject to zakah. But if it is stored for you and your family to eat in your house, there is no zakah on it. This is a measure for food and sustenance, so there is no zakah on it, and it is not something that comes out of the earth. Yes, unless you work with dried milk, buying and selling it, in which case it becomes trade goods. Yes.
The questioner:
And its output like zakat al-fitr, does he say it is weighed while it is dried?
The Shaykh:
I do not know what you are saying.
The questioner:
Its output is like zakat al-fitr.
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He says: How is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
The measure is a sa' of dried milk, the measure is a Prophetic sa' or its equivalent, yes.
The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And we mentioned that the Prophetic sa' by weight is approximately three kilograms, so from the dried milk, approximately three kilograms, yes.
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah? Is it weighed while it is dried, or is it ground? He says: How is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
Dried milk is not subject to zakah unless it is trade goods. If it is among trade goods, it is subject to zakah. But if it is stored for you and your family to eat in your house, there is no zakah on it. This is a measure for food and sustenance, so there is no zakah on it, and it is not something that comes out of the earth. Yes, unless you work with dried milk, buying and selling it, in which case it becomes trade goods. Yes.
The questioner:
And its output like zakat al-fitr, does he say it is weighed while it is dried?
The Shaykh:
I do not know what you are saying.
The questioner:
Its output is like zakat al-fitr.
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He says: How is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
The measure is a sa' of dried milk, the measure is a Prophetic sa' or its equivalent, yes.
The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And we mentioned that the Prophetic sa' by weight is approximately three kilograms, so from the dried milk, approximately three kilograms, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 21 من 69/شرح أخصر المختصرات/كتاب الزكاة/شروط إخراج الزكاة، نصاب الزكاة / الشيخ صالح الفوزان/فقه — youtube.com (1:07:16)
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