Zakah on dried milk and its amount in the alms given at the end of Ramadan
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah? Is it weighed while it is dried, or is it ground?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: How is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
It is not subject to zakah unless it is trade goods. If it is trade goods, it is subject to zakah. But if it is stored for you and your family to eat in your house, there is no zakah on it. There is no zakah on food and drink, and it is not something that comes out of the ground. Yes, unless you are engaged in the business of buying and selling it, in which case it becomes trade goods. Yes. And regarding its output as the alms given at the end of Ramadan, he asks: Is it weighed while it is dried?
The questioner:
As the alms given at the end of Ramadan.
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He asks: How is the amount of qut calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
From the measures, one sa' of dried milk from the measures, one Prophetic sa' or its equivalent. Yes.
The questioner:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
We mentioned that the Prophetic sa' by weight is approximately three kilograms. So from the agreement, approximately three kilograms. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah? Is it weighed while it is dried, or is it ground?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: How is the amount of dried milk calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
It is not subject to zakah unless it is trade goods. If it is trade goods, it is subject to zakah. But if it is stored for you and your family to eat in your house, there is no zakah on it. There is no zakah on food and drink, and it is not something that comes out of the ground. Yes, unless you are engaged in the business of buying and selling it, in which case it becomes trade goods. Yes. And regarding its output as the alms given at the end of Ramadan, he asks: Is it weighed while it is dried?
The questioner:
As the alms given at the end of Ramadan.
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He asks: How is the amount of qut calculated for zakah?
The Shaykh:
From the measures, one sa' of dried milk from the measures, one Prophetic sa' or its equivalent. Yes.
The questioner:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
We mentioned that the Prophetic sa' by weight is approximately three kilograms. So from the agreement, approximately three kilograms. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: وتجب في كل مكيل مدخر خرج من الأرض — islamhouse.com (1:14:45)
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