Is zakah obligatory on taxi cars?
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The questioner:
May Allah guide you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man had a sum of fifty thousand riyals, and he used to pay zakah on it.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: A man had a sum of fifty thousand riyals, and he used to pay zakah on it. Now he bought a taxi with it. How does he pay the zakah on it?
The Shaykh:
As long as he bought the car for hire, but if he obtains sums from the car's fare and a lunar year passes over them, the fare only, if a lunar year passes over them and they reach
May Allah guide you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man had a sum of fifty thousand riyals, and he used to pay zakah on it.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: A man had a sum of fifty thousand riyals, and he used to pay zakah on it. Now he bought a taxi with it. How does he pay the zakah on it?
The Shaykh:
As long as he bought the car for hire, but if he obtains sums from the car's fare and a lunar year passes over them, the fare only, if a lunar year passes over them and they reach
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [316- 4717] هل تجب الزكاة في سيارات الأجرة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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