A man has several houses with several date palms in them; is zakah obligatory if they reach the nisab? And what is their nisab in kilograms?
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The questioner : This, O Shaykh, says: A man has several houses with several date palms in them. Is zakah obligatory if they reach the nisab? And what is their nisab in kilograms?
The Shaykh : Yes. Is this from Jeddah? Yes. I say: May Allah reward you. Zakah is obligatory on these date palms if they reach the nisab, due to the generality of the evidence indicating this. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 639Hasan (Darussalam). The nisab is: three hundred sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The nisab is considered by the weight of the dates when they are dry, not by their value when they are fresh, because it may be that in the state of freshness they reach the nisab, but when they dry out they do not reach the nisab. So the criterion is when they are dry, meaning: when they become dates. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Another question, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Fine. There is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh : Yes. Is this from Jeddah? Yes. I say: May Allah reward you. Zakah is obligatory on these date palms if they reach the nisab, due to the generality of the evidence indicating this. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
For what is watered by the heavens and steams, the Ushr is due, and for what is watered by irrigation, half of the Ushr.
فيما سقت السماء العشر وفيما سقي بالنضح نصف العشرThe questioner : May Allah reward you. Another question, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Fine. There is nothing wrong with it.