Is zakah due on the value of items that are not weighed or stored, such as fruits?
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The questioner : So, regarding items that are not weighed or stored, is zakah due on their value?
The Shaykh : Regarding items that are not weighed or stored, such as fruits.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Apples, oranges, and the like; there is no zakah due on them in themselves.
The questioner : In their physical form, yes.
The Shaykh : But their value, if it remains with a person until a lunar year has passed, zakah becomes obligatory on it because it is of the two types of currency or what serves as their equivalent.
The questioner : Yes, meaning even if he does not make any profit from them, meaning for personal use? Or just for eating from them?
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is of the two types of currency or what serves as their equivalent.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Like paper currency, zakah is obligatory on it in all cases, whether the person earns from it or not, even if he sets it aside for his personal expenses, or for marriage, or to buy a house to live in, or the like; in all cases, zakah is due on it.
The questioner : If a lunar year has passed over it, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : His final question says:
The Shaykh : Regarding items that are not weighed or stored, such as fruits.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Apples, oranges, and the like; there is no zakah due on them in themselves.
The questioner : In their physical form, yes.
The Shaykh : But their value, if it remains with a person until a lunar year has passed, zakah becomes obligatory on it because it is of the two types of currency or what serves as their equivalent.
The questioner : Yes, meaning even if he does not make any profit from them, meaning for personal use? Or just for eating from them?
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is of the two types of currency or what serves as their equivalent.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Like paper currency, zakah is obligatory on it in all cases, whether the person earns from it or not, even if he sets it aside for his personal expenses, or for marriage, or to buy a house to live in, or the like; in all cases, zakah is due on it.
The questioner : If a lunar year has passed over it, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : His final question says: