How do you pay the zakah on trade goods?
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Question:
He says: I am a clothing merchant, and I import clothes at the beginning of the year. I calculate the zakah at the end of the year, that is, in the twelfth month. But I have clothes that are sold in the sixth month of the year. So, should I calculate the zakah on the clothes from the sixth month together with the twelfth month, or how should I do it?
Answer:
The sunnah (recommended practice) is that the zakah is due on the capital you are working with. When the lunar year (hawl) completes on the capital in your possession, and it includes clothes, you value the clothes at their market price and pay zakah on them. The criterion is the capital at the completion of the lunar year, not the presence of the clothes. Yes.
He says: I am a clothing merchant, and I import clothes at the beginning of the year. I calculate the zakah at the end of the year, that is, in the twelfth month. But I have clothes that are sold in the sixth month of the year. So, should I calculate the zakah on the clothes from the sixth month together with the twelfth month, or how should I do it?
Answer:
The sunnah (recommended practice) is that the zakah is due on the capital you are working with. When the lunar year (hawl) completes on the capital in your possession, and it includes clothes, you value the clothes at their market price and pay zakah on them. The criterion is the capital at the completion of the lunar year, not the presence of the clothes. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف تُخرج زكاة عروض التجارة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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