Assessing the Zakah on Books Stored in a Publishing House
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Question:
The questioner says: This is a question from a book publishing house. We seek a ruling on the correct method for assessing the zakah on these books. Is it based on the total cost of printing the books, or on their selling price to the distributor? We have a warehouse where we store the books after they are printed, and from time to time the distributor comes and takes a quantity to sell to the bookstores.
Answer:
Books or other goods prepared for sale, if a lunar year passes over their value, they are assessed, meaning they are valued at what they are worth. They are stripped of their adornment and valued at their worth, and a quarter of a tenth is due. A quarter of a tenth is due. Yes.
The questioner says: This is a question from a book publishing house. We seek a ruling on the correct method for assessing the zakah on these books. Is it based on the total cost of printing the books, or on their selling price to the distributor? We have a warehouse where we store the books after they are printed, and from time to time the distributor comes and takes a quantity to sell to the bookstores.
Answer:
Books or other goods prepared for sale, if a lunar year passes over their value, they are assessed, meaning they are valued at what they are worth. They are stripped of their adornment and valued at their worth, and a quarter of a tenth is due. A quarter of a tenth is due. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 075-كتاب النكاح - 7-11-24 هـ — archive.org (1:18:14)
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