How does one who works in a taxi pay his zakah?
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The questioner : How does one who has a taxi pay his zakah?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : One who has a taxi, a taxi that is in operation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is obligatory for him in terms of zakah?
The Shaykh : What is obligatory for him in terms of zakah? Nothing is obligatory on his car; rather, it is obligatory on the money that comes to him, provided the known conditions are met: that it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold) and that a lunar year has passed over it. As for the car, nothing is due on it.
The questioner : Because, Shaykh, some jurists, I mean, they draw an analogy to agricultural land and say that zakah is not obligatory on it, but the tenth or half of the tenth is obligatory on the produce.
The Shaykh : Of course, you mean contemporary jurists, I mean, based on the Book and the Sunnah?
The questioner : I mean, they, if Allah wills, exerted independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), I mean...
The Shaykh : Yes, they exerted independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) based on the Book and the Sunnah?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : Look at their prayers and fasting, and you will find them sectarian.
The questioner : The author who spoke about this issue did not adhere to a school of jurisprudence; he referred to the texts. This was merely his understanding.
The Shaykh : Many of the jurists today do not adhere to a school of jurisprudence, and some of them say they follow the four schools.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : One who has a taxi, a taxi that is in operation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is obligatory for him in terms of zakah?
The Shaykh : What is obligatory for him in terms of zakah? Nothing is obligatory on his car; rather, it is obligatory on the money that comes to him, provided the known conditions are met: that it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold) and that a lunar year has passed over it. As for the car, nothing is due on it.
The questioner : Because, Shaykh, some jurists, I mean, they draw an analogy to agricultural land and say that zakah is not obligatory on it, but the tenth or half of the tenth is obligatory on the produce.
The Shaykh : Of course, you mean contemporary jurists, I mean, based on the Book and the Sunnah?
The questioner : I mean, they, if Allah wills, exerted independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), I mean...
The Shaykh : Yes, they exerted independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) based on the Book and the Sunnah?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : Look at their prayers and fasting, and you will find them sectarian.
The questioner : The author who spoke about this issue did not adhere to a school of jurisprudence; he referred to the texts. This was merely his understanding.
The Shaykh : Many of the jurists today do not adhere to a school of jurisprudence, and some of them say they follow the four schools.
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