The Ruling on Zakah on Honey

Question:
May Allah reward you. This person, may Allah protect you, asks: What is the nisab (minimum threshold) for zakah on honey? How much is to be paid? And is there a difference between honey that is produced with effort and honey that is not?

Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement (khilaf) among the scholars regarding honey: is there zakah on it or not? First, if the honey is bought and sold, then it is a trade commodity, and it is subject to the zakah of trade, the zakah on goods. As for if a person produces honey from his beehives and he has apiaries and produces honey, the scholars differed on whether there is zakah on it or not. The madhhab (school of jurisprudence) is that there is zakah on it: for every ten jars, one jar is due, meaning one-tenth. It is obligatory to pay one-tenth; one jar out of every ten jars. Yes.