The Zakah of Trade Goods and the Evidence from the Verse on Hoarded Wealth
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Question:
Shaykh, who cites this verse to argue that there is no zakah on trade goods except for what is in the form of a treasure of silver and gold?
Answer:
Trade goods are a hoard, because they are for sale, or trade goods are a hoard, and money is embodied in the goods. Merchants do not leave their money sitting idle; trade is only through circulation. For this reason, the hadith commands them to pay the zakah from what is kept for sale.
Shaykh, who cites this verse to argue that there is no zakah on trade goods except for what is in the form of a treasure of silver and gold?
Answer:
Trade goods are a hoard, because they are for sale, or trade goods are a hoard, and money is embodied in the goods. Merchants do not leave their money sitting idle; trade is only through circulation. For this reason, the hadith commands them to pay the zakah from what is kept for sale.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (15:43)
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