Zakat on Olive Fruits and Selling the Harvest
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, there is a woman who has an olive grove that yields its fruit once every two years. This woman sells the produce of this land when the harvest comes in and receives a cash amount for it. The question is: Is it true that there is no zakat on olive fruits, as some people told her? They took from the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:141] in Surat al-Imran, because this applies only to grains, whereas there is no zakat on fruits.
Answer:
There is no zakat on them. Zakat is due on grains and fruits that are used as staple food. As for watermelons and these fruits, there is no zakat on them in their raw state. However, if he sells them, and a lunar year passes over their value, then he pays zakat on the value. If he sells them and a lunar year passes over their value after the sale, then he estimates the value. That is sufficient. Olives are among the fruits. Yes, they are not a staple food, they are not taken as a staple, they are taken as a side dish, so they are not a staple. Yes. As for grapes, when dried they become a staple food that is eaten, provides nourishment, and suffices in place of dates and barley. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, there is a woman who has an olive grove that yields its fruit once every two years. This woman sells the produce of this land when the harvest comes in and receives a cash amount for it. The question is: Is it true that there is no zakat on olive fruits, as some people told her? They took from the saying of Allah the Exalted:
give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest
وَآتُوا حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِAnswer:
There is no zakat on them. Zakat is due on grains and fruits that are used as staple food. As for watermelons and these fruits, there is no zakat on them in their raw state. However, if he sells them, and a lunar year passes over their value, then he pays zakat on the value. If he sells them and a lunar year passes over their value after the sale, then he estimates the value. That is sufficient. Olives are among the fruits. Yes, they are not a staple food, they are not taken as a staple, they are taken as a side dish, so they are not a staple. Yes. As for grapes, when dried they become a staple food that is eaten, provides nourishment, and suffices in place of dates and barley. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 03 — archive.org (45:32)
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