Zakah on the price of sold date palms

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a man sold his date palms for twenty-seven thousand riyals. Does he pay the zakah in riyals, or is it necessary for him to buy dates and pay them as his zakah?

The Shaykh:
He sold his date palms, yes.

The questioner:
He sold his date palms, may Allah be pleased with him.

The Shaykh:
He sold the fruit of his date palms for riyals after it began to ripen. There is nothing wrong with this. He pays the zakah from the riyals, calculating the zakah from the riyals, yes. Because the riyals are the compensation for the dates, he calculates the zakah from the riyals. He is not required to go and buy dates, yes.

The questioner:
On the side.

The Shaykh:
In the case of a gift, he pays from what he has, and what he has now is riyals.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
But he calculates it as zakah on dates, not as zakah on riyals. He calculates it as the zakah of the dates. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you