The zakah of grapes, olives, and honey: how is it performed?
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The questioner : Regarding the zakah of crops, what we understood previously is that grapes and olives have an absolute zakah, not the limited zakah that follows the crops?
The Shaykh : Grapes, no, grapes are from the four [types].
The questioner : Grapes follow the sisters, meaning
The Shaykh : Because raisins were mentioned, meaning
The questioner : Even if they are not dried?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And olives?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Now, what about honey?
The Shaykh : Honey is in hadiths, but in my opinion, it may be sound. I say: and I mean what I say, it is not [necessarily] so. I criticize the group who say: "It may be such and such"; because in reality, they do not say it precisely. So I confront them, as you know, with "It may not be such and such." So when I say: "It may be," I mean what I say: meaning the matter is [debatable], clear?
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : Good, so there is a saying that this zakah was in exchange for protecting the area where these are called what?
The questioner : Beehives.
The Shaykh : The hives, yes, in exchange for their protection, meaning the ruler or the Muslim caliph protects a certain area, for example, in a valley, and it is not permissible for another person to come and set up his hives in this valley. There is a saying, and it has validity.
The Shaykh: But in truth, I have not reached full conviction to the extent that I would issue a fatwa with this condition. So I say: until certainty becomes clear to us in this matter, as a precaution, at least, if a person has apiaries like this, he should give out the zakah, for example, one jar for every ten jars. But there is no reservation from the legal perspective for the reason I mentioned earlier.
The questioner : How much is a jar in our modern measure, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a matter I do not know; I have not studied it. It seems to be a common custom among the beekeepers at that time. It is possible to research this and reach a conclusion, but I have not studied it.
The questioner : Now, the question
The questioner : ... Muhammad had a jar
The questioner : We need to know the size
The questioner : But regardless of the size, it is one-tenth for every ten.
The questioner : Is there a nisab?
The Shaykh : He says: for every ten jars, one jar.
The questioner : What is the nisab? It means ten jars, so we need to know the jar?
The Shaykh : This statement is mentioned, but ...
The questioner : Now, O our Shaykh, let us suppose that these boxes for the bees have partners, and none of them has a share that reaches the nisab?
The Shaykh : It is paid from the total.
The questioner : It is paid from the total, not from?
The Shaykh : Because in the hadithSunan Ibn Majah 1807Hasan (Darussalam), meaning, for example, forty sheep with partners, each one has five or ten, zakah is not obligatory on the individual, but it is obligatory on this group.
The questioner : Is this for all crops?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, people who are partners in a land, for example, pay from the total.
The Shaykh : Yes, from the total.
The Shaykh : Grapes, no, grapes are from the four [types].
The questioner : Grapes follow the sisters, meaning
The Shaykh : Because raisins were mentioned, meaning
The questioner : Even if they are not dried?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And olives?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Now, what about honey?
The Shaykh : Honey is in hadiths
For every ten jars, there is one jar
كل عشر زقاق فيها زقThe questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : Good, so there is a saying that this zakah was in exchange for protecting the area where these are called what?
The questioner : Beehives.
The Shaykh : The hives, yes, in exchange for their protection, meaning the ruler or the Muslim caliph protects a certain area, for example, in a valley, and it is not permissible for another person to come and set up his hives in this valley. There is a saying, and it has validity.
The Shaykh: But in truth, I have not reached full conviction to the extent that I would issue a fatwa with this condition. So I say: until certainty becomes clear to us in this matter, as a precaution, at least, if a person has apiaries like this, he should give out the zakah, for example, one jar for every ten jars. But there is no reservation from the legal perspective for the reason I mentioned earlier.
The questioner : How much is a jar in our modern measure, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a matter I do not know; I have not studied it. It seems to be a common custom among the beekeepers at that time. It is possible to research this and reach a conclusion, but I have not studied it.
The questioner : Now, the question
The questioner : ... Muhammad had a jar
The questioner : We need to know the size
The questioner : But regardless of the size, it is one-tenth for every ten.
The questioner : Is there a nisab?
The Shaykh : He says: for every ten jars, one jar.
The questioner : What is the nisab? It means ten jars, so we need to know the jar?
The Shaykh : This statement is mentioned, but ...
The questioner : Now, O our Shaykh, let us suppose that these boxes for the bees have partners, and none of them has a share that reaches the nisab?
The Shaykh : It is paid from the total.
The questioner : It is paid from the total, not from?
The Shaykh : Because in the hadith
Do not separate combined flock and do not combine separate flocks
لا يفرق بين مجتمع ولا يجمع بين متفرقThe questioner : Is this for all crops?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, people who are partners in a land, for example, pay from the total.
The Shaykh : Yes, from the total.
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