There is no zakah on vegetables
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Zakah on invested wealth
Question: I have a sum of money amounting to seven thousand Egyptian pounds, and I have placed it in an investment business project. Is zakah due on it? What is the amount? To whom should I give it? And do I pay zakah on the principal only, or on the principal and the profit?
Answer: Wealth invested in trade is subject to zakah if it reaches the nisab or more, and it is also due on its profit, with the profit following the principal, so it is paid together with the principal. Therefore, you must pay zakah from this money when the lunar year has passed on the principal, adding the profit if there is any, and you pay zakah on the whole amount at one-fifth of a tenth.
As for to whom you pay the zakah? You pay it to those whom Allah the Exalted specified in His saying: [Surat al-Tawbah: 60] .
You pay the zakah to one of these eight categories. You give it to the poor and the needy, and there are many of them. You will find them available and in need of it, so you pay the zakah to them.
[There is no zakah on vegetables]
Question: There is a piece of land that used to be planted with wheat, barley, and corn, but now it is planted only with vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, okra, and other types of vegetables. Is zakah due on it or not? Also, regarding animals, if they reach the nisab, such as camels, sheep, and cows, and we take one that is at the nisab, and give it to one of the eligible recipients, or slaughter it and distribute its meat to the poor, or we eat from it ourselves, or sell it and give its value in charity, what is the ruling on this action?
Answer: First: The correct opinion among the scholars is that there is no zakah on vegetables in themselves, just as there is on grains and fruits. Rather, zakah is due on their value if you obtain a value from them and a lunar year passes over it. In that case, zakah is due on their value. As for the vegetables themselves, the correct opinion held by the majority is that there is no zakah on them.
As for what you mentioned regarding camels, sheep, and cows,then zakah is due on them with conditions:
First: that they reach the nisab.
The second matter: that a lunar year passes over them.
And the third matter: that they are kept for milk and offspring, not for labor.
The fourth matter: that they graze on permissible pasture for the lunar year or most of it.
If these conditions are met, zakah is due on them, and it is paid to the poor or the needy. It is not permissible to slaughter them and distribute their meat. Rather, it is paid as Allah the Glorious and Exalted has commanded, paid to the poor and the needy. If the one in authority sends collectors for the zakah, it is handed over to them. If there are no collectors, the Muslim pays it
and distributes it to the poor and the needy, and does not slaughter it and distribute its meat. Even greater in evil is eating from its meat, as mentioned. It is not permissible for him to slaughter it, let alone eat from its meat, because it has exited his ownership, because it is zakah, and charity for the poor and the needy. It is not permissible for him to benefit from any of it, nor for any of it to return to him, because it is charity.
Even buying it is not permissible for him if it is sold, because it is his charity, so it does not return to him in any way. And Allah knows best.
Question: I have a sum of money amounting to seven thousand Egyptian pounds, and I have placed it in an investment business project. Is zakah due on it? What is the amount? To whom should I give it? And do I pay zakah on the principal only, or on the principal and the profit?
Answer: Wealth invested in trade is subject to zakah if it reaches the nisab or more, and it is also due on its profit, with the profit following the principal, so it is paid together with the principal. Therefore, you must pay zakah from this money when the lunar year has passed on the principal, adding the profit if there is any, and you pay zakah on the whole amount at one-fifth of a tenth.
As for to whom you pay the zakah? You pay it to those whom Allah the Exalted specified in His saying:
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاِبْنِ السَّبِيلِ فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌYou pay the zakah to one of these eight categories. You give it to the poor and the needy, and there are many of them. You will find them available and in need of it, so you pay the zakah to them.
[There is no zakah on vegetables]
Question: There is a piece of land that used to be planted with wheat, barley, and corn, but now it is planted only with vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, okra, and other types of vegetables. Is zakah due on it or not? Also, regarding animals, if they reach the nisab, such as camels, sheep, and cows, and we take one that is at the nisab, and give it to one of the eligible recipients, or slaughter it and distribute its meat to the poor, or we eat from it ourselves, or sell it and give its value in charity, what is the ruling on this action?
Answer: First: The correct opinion among the scholars is that there is no zakah on vegetables in themselves, just as there is on grains and fruits. Rather, zakah is due on their value if you obtain a value from them and a lunar year passes over it. In that case, zakah is due on their value. As for the vegetables themselves, the correct opinion held by the majority is that there is no zakah on them.
As for what you mentioned regarding camels, sheep, and cows,then zakah is due on them with conditions:
First: that they reach the nisab.
The second matter: that a lunar year passes over them.
And the third matter: that they are kept for milk and offspring, not for labor.
The fourth matter: that they graze on permissible pasture for the lunar year or most of it.
If these conditions are met, zakah is due on them, and it is paid to the poor or the needy. It is not permissible to slaughter them and distribute their meat. Rather, it is paid as Allah the Glorious and Exalted has commanded, paid to the poor and the needy. If the one in authority sends collectors for the zakah, it is handed over to them. If there are no collectors, the Muslim pays it
and distributes it to the poor and the needy, and does not slaughter it and distribute its meat. Even greater in evil is eating from its meat, as mentioned. It is not permissible for him to slaughter it, let alone eat from its meat, because it has exited his ownership, because it is zakah, and charity for the poor and the needy. It is not permissible for him to benefit from any of it, nor for any of it to return to him, because it is charity.
Even buying it is not permissible for him if it is sold, because it is his charity, so it does not return to him in any way. And Allah knows best.