Buying a car and working with it, and profiting two thousand dinars from its income, is the zakah due on the two thousand or on the price plus the profits?
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The Shaykh : Yes!
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How is our Shaykh doing?
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: In one.
The Shaykh: - Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings - Welcome.
The questioner: With you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I valued this one at ten thousand dinars, and I worked for another person as well, he considers it a partner.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So if I profited two thousand, for example, is the zakah on the twelve thousand or on the two thousand?
The Shaykh: The zakah, my brother, is on the wealth that has completed a lunar year, not on the price of the item for sale, which here is the car.
The questioner: The car is just a tool for work.
The Shaykh: I know, my brother, did you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: What did you understand from me?
The questioner: I understood that the lunar year has passed.
The Shaykh: No, I did not say the lunar year has passed!!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I said: If the lunar year has passed.
The questioner: The lunar year has passed on the ten thousand!
The Shaykh: My brother, when did the lunar year pass? We sold the car today, when does the lunar year pass?
The questioner: It was not sold.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: It was not sold, it is still working.
The Shaykh: Okay, are you asking about the price of the car or about its proceeds?
The questioner: I am asking about the nisab, meaning how much is the zakah on, meaning on ten thousand or on the profit only?! Meaning the car's price is ten thousand!
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Another person worked on it, not me.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Meaning it is not a machine.
The Shaykh: Yes, yes!
The questioner: When the lunar year passed, it was found that it had a net profit of two thousand dinars!
The Shaykh: Has the lunar year passed on these two thousand dinars?
The questioner: The lunar year has passed on them.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: No, I mean the price came.
The Shaykh: My brother, may Allah bless you, you are making the journey long for me and wasting my time without blame, take it easy, I am unable to answer the question. Did you profit two thousand dinars at the end of the year?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I am telling you: Has the lunar year passed on these two thousand dinars?
The questioner: The lunar year has passed on them.
The Shaykh: This is illogical talk, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Do I want to understand that the zakah is on the value of the car?
The Shaykh: No, do not repeat your words, may Allah guide you. Today we calculated and we profited two thousand dinars, when did the lunar year pass on these two thousand dinars? You do not know what the completion of the lunar year means. The completion of the lunar year means we took these two thousand dinars, put them in the safe, and a full year passed over them. At the end of the year, the zakah comes out. Where is the completion of the lunar year that you are saying has passed?! May Allah guide you. Are we talking about something difficult or easy now?!
The questioner: I want to calculate the zakah whether the year has passed or not!
The Shaykh: No, that is not the point, that is a question from you. He told you: He wants to calculate the zakah in any case, whether the lunar year has passed on it or not. This is an easy matter. The matter of charity, whenever you want, if Allah wills, the money will all come out, but he does not know how to ask. You are tired, so what is your question? No, leave it, leave it, he should leave it, you ask what you have.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How is our Shaykh doing?
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: In one.
The Shaykh: - Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings - Welcome.
The questioner: With you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I valued this one at ten thousand dinars, and I worked for another person as well, he considers it a partner.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So if I profited two thousand, for example, is the zakah on the twelve thousand or on the two thousand?
The Shaykh: The zakah, my brother, is on the wealth that has completed a lunar year, not on the price of the item for sale, which here is the car.
The questioner: The car is just a tool for work.
The Shaykh: I know, my brother, did you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: What did you understand from me?
The questioner: I understood that the lunar year has passed.
The Shaykh: No, I did not say the lunar year has passed!!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I said: If the lunar year has passed.
The questioner: The lunar year has passed on the ten thousand!
The Shaykh: My brother, when did the lunar year pass? We sold the car today, when does the lunar year pass?
The questioner: It was not sold.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: It was not sold, it is still working.
The Shaykh: Okay, are you asking about the price of the car or about its proceeds?
The questioner: I am asking about the nisab, meaning how much is the zakah on, meaning on ten thousand or on the profit only?! Meaning the car's price is ten thousand!
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Another person worked on it, not me.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Meaning it is not a machine.
The Shaykh: Yes, yes!
The questioner: When the lunar year passed, it was found that it had a net profit of two thousand dinars!
The Shaykh: Has the lunar year passed on these two thousand dinars?
The questioner: The lunar year has passed on them.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: No, I mean the price came.
The Shaykh: My brother, may Allah bless you, you are making the journey long for me and wasting my time without blame, take it easy, I am unable to answer the question. Did you profit two thousand dinars at the end of the year?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I am telling you: Has the lunar year passed on these two thousand dinars?
The questioner: The lunar year has passed on them.
The Shaykh: This is illogical talk, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Do I want to understand that the zakah is on the value of the car?
The Shaykh: No, do not repeat your words, may Allah guide you. Today we calculated and we profited two thousand dinars, when did the lunar year pass on these two thousand dinars? You do not know what the completion of the lunar year means. The completion of the lunar year means we took these two thousand dinars, put them in the safe, and a full year passed over them. At the end of the year, the zakah comes out. Where is the completion of the lunar year that you are saying has passed?! May Allah guide you. Are we talking about something difficult or easy now?!
The questioner: I want to calculate the zakah whether the year has passed or not!
The Shaykh: No, that is not the point, that is a question from you. He told you: He wants to calculate the zakah in any case, whether the lunar year has passed on it or not. This is an easy matter. The matter of charity, whenever you want, if Allah wills, the money will all come out, but he does not know how to ask. You are tired, so what is your question? No, leave it, leave it, he should leave it, you ask what you have.
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