Is zakah obligatory on vegetables such as jute mallow, okra, watercress, tomatoes, and others?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, may Allah reward you with good. Is zakah obligatory on vegetables such as jute mallow, okra, watercress, radishes, cucumbers, chard, zucchini, tomatoes, and eggplant? And what is the amount of zakah on them?
The Shaykh:
Zakah is only obligatory on every grain or fruit that is measured and stored for food. As for vegetables and legumes, there is no zakah on them because they are not measured and not stored.
The questioner:
It is well known, Shaykh Salih, that they have become a type of trade, so many farmers cultivate these mentioned vegetables and others, and they take them as a trade. Is there another guidance, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
If he plants these vegetables and legumes and sells them and obtains money from them, he pays zakah on the money when a lunar year has passed over it. He pays zakah on the money as zakah on money.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
When a lunar year has passed over the money he obtained from his vegetables and his farm, he pays zakah on the money, meaning he gives out one-quarter of a tenth. Yes?
The questioner:
After you store that money for approximately one year?
The Shaykh:
When a lunar year has passed over it.
The questioner:
When a lunar year has passed over it. Those who say that the zakah on these things is due on the day of harvest, as is the case with some fruits, what is Shaykh Salih’s view (may Allah preserve him) regarding this statement?
The Shaykh:
Those who obligate zakah on legumes and vegetables, is their view the weaker position?
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
And their view on that is the weaker position, and the stronger position is that it is not obligatory except on every grain and fruit that is measured and stored, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) estimated it by the sa'
The presenter:
Well, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you
May Allah reward you with good, may Allah reward you with good. Is zakah obligatory on vegetables such as jute mallow, okra, watercress, radishes, cucumbers, chard, zucchini, tomatoes, and eggplant? And what is the amount of zakah on them?
The Shaykh:
Zakah is only obligatory on every grain or fruit that is measured and stored for food. As for vegetables and legumes, there is no zakah on them because they are not measured and not stored.
The questioner:
It is well known, Shaykh Salih, that they have become a type of trade, so many farmers cultivate these mentioned vegetables and others, and they take them as a trade. Is there another guidance, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
If he plants these vegetables and legumes and sells them and obtains money from them, he pays zakah on the money when a lunar year has passed over it. He pays zakah on the money as zakah on money.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
When a lunar year has passed over the money he obtained from his vegetables and his farm, he pays zakah on the money, meaning he gives out one-quarter of a tenth. Yes?
The questioner:
After you store that money for approximately one year?
The Shaykh:
When a lunar year has passed over it.
The questioner:
When a lunar year has passed over it. Those who say that the zakah on these things is due on the day of harvest, as is the case with some fruits, what is Shaykh Salih’s view (may Allah preserve him) regarding this statement?
The Shaykh:
Those who obligate zakah on legumes and vegetables, is their view the weaker position?
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
And their view on that is the weaker position, and the stronger position is that it is not obligatory except on every grain and fruit that is measured and stored, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) estimated it by the sa'
The presenter:
Well, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4046- هل تجب الزكاة في الخضروات مثل الملوخية والبامية والجرجير والطماطم وغيرها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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