If wheat is purchased while still on the stalk, on whom is the zakah due: the seller or the buyer?
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The questioner : He also says: A merchant purchased wheat while it was still on the stalk. On whom is the zakah obligatory: the seller or the buyer?
The Shaykh : This is if I am permitted to proceed to the answer. There is no doubt that it is upon the planter, the owner of the land, who is the planter, not upon the buyer. However, I am questioning in my own mind whether this purchase is permissible or not? Purchasing wheat on the stalk, I find that there is gharar (excessive uncertainty) in it...
The questioner : After it has ripened, meaning.
The Shaykh : But it has not been harvested.
The questioner : The estimators estimate, the estimators...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They have precision in the estimation.
The Shaykh : Yes, I am questioning because I do not know if this is permissible in the Sunnah, to purchase wheat or barley while it is on the stalk.
The questioner : ... If Allah wills, perhaps you...
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : If Allah wills, you will review it.
The Shaykh : This is if I am permitted to proceed to the answer. There is no doubt that it is upon the planter, the owner of the land, who is the planter, not upon the buyer. However, I am questioning in my own mind whether this purchase is permissible or not? Purchasing wheat on the stalk, I find that there is gharar (excessive uncertainty) in it...
The questioner : After it has ripened, meaning.
The Shaykh : But it has not been harvested.
The questioner : The estimators estimate, the estimators...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They have precision in the estimation.
The Shaykh : Yes, I am questioning because I do not know if this is permissible in the Sunnah, to purchase wheat or barley while it is on the stalk.
The questioner : ... If Allah wills, perhaps you...
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : If Allah wills, you will review it.
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