The ruling on feeding bees with sugar water
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the beekeeper feeds them food he has prepared with his own hands, such as sugar water, is there zakah on it?
The Shaykh:
This is deception and is not permissible. It is not permissible to give them [sugar water] and take from them a specific honey to sell to people. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If you need this and you have lent them from the previous [harvest] because there is nothing in it for them to eat, there is no harm in feeding them with these things, but if you obtain honey, sell it for its equivalent.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the beekeeper feeds them food he has prepared with his own hands, such as sugar water, is there zakah on it?
The Shaykh:
This is deception and is not permissible. It is not permissible to give them [sugar water] and take from them a specific honey to sell to people. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If you need this and you have lent them from the previous [harvest] because there is nothing in it for them to eat, there is no harm in feeding them with these things, but if you obtain honey, sell it for its equivalent.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/50 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (11:59)
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