Purchasing the zakat dates from the owner of the palm trees

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man paid the zakah on his dates in the form of dates. Then the zakah collector came and said to the owner of the date palm: "Buy the dates from me and give me money in exchange for them." What should the owner of the date palm do? Is it permissible for him to give him dirhams in place of the dates?

Answer:
And he has paid the zakah; as long as he has paid it, the matter is concluded. The matter is concluded. Also, regarding the zakah collector and the assessor. The assessor has no task other than to estimate the dates and leave. Does he not collect the zakah? Someone else collects it. His task is to assess and give you the amount of the assessment. He says, "This is your assessment, and your zakah is so much and so much," and he leaves. Someone else collects the zakah. Either the poor person himself, or the collector appointed by the one in authority. Yes.