The zakah on rent paid in installments and the zakah on the harvest
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have a piece of land that I have rented out to a person who cultivates it and takes its harvest, and he gives me the rent in the year in two installments. Is there any zakah due on this money?
The Shaykh:
Yes. If a lunar year has passed since the contract, this is a debt you have in his possession. If a lunar year has passed since the contract, you pay zakah on it, whether he has paid you in cash or it remains a debt in his possession. It is your property, just as you would rent out a house or a shop. Renting out land is the same as this.
The presenter:
Yes.
The questioner:
Likewise, may Allah preserve him, he asks: Am I required to pay zakah from this harvest?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Am I required to pay zakah from this harvest?
The Shaykh:
I rented it out for dirhams, not for a portion of what comes out of it.
The questioner:
Hmm?
The Shaykh:
Since he rented it out for dirhams, the answer is what we said: there is zakah on it because this is a debt he owes. However, if he had rented it out for a portion of what is produced from it, the zakah would be on the owner of the crop. When the grain becomes firm, the zakah is on the owner of the crop.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have a piece of land that I have rented out to a person who cultivates it and takes its harvest, and he gives me the rent in the year in two installments. Is there any zakah due on this money?
The Shaykh:
Yes. If a lunar year has passed since the contract, this is a debt you have in his possession. If a lunar year has passed since the contract, you pay zakah on it, whether he has paid you in cash or it remains a debt in his possession. It is your property, just as you would rent out a house or a shop. Renting out land is the same as this.
The presenter:
Yes.
The questioner:
Likewise, may Allah preserve him, he asks: Am I required to pay zakah from this harvest?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Am I required to pay zakah from this harvest?
The Shaykh:
I rented it out for dirhams, not for a portion of what comes out of it.
The questioner:
Hmm?
The Shaykh:
Since he rented it out for dirhams, the answer is what we said: there is zakah on it because this is a debt he owes. However, if he had rented it out for a portion of what is produced from it, the zakah would be on the owner of the crop. When the grain becomes firm, the zakah is on the owner of the crop.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل على الأرض المستأجرة زكاة؟ وهل تُخرج من المحصول؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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