I have five date palms in my house, all of which are fruit-bearing. Is there zakah on their fruit, and what is the amount?
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The questioner : I have five date palms in my house, all of which are fruit-bearing. Is there zakah on their fruit, and what is the amount?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a matter where asking about it is good. Many people have houses with date palms. The fruit of the date palms may reach the nisab, yet they do not pay zakah on it, because they think that zakah is only obligatory on large orchards. As for the date palms in the house, many people think there is no zakah on them. But that is not the case. Rather, we say: if you have date palms in your house and you have another orchard with date palms, then you must combine your house date palms with your orchard and pay zakah on them, even if the date palms in the house do not reach the nisab, because they are combined with the date palms in the orchard.
As for if you do not have an orchard, then we look at the date palms in the house. If they reach the nisab, their zakah is obligatory. If they do not reach the nisab, there is no zakah on them.
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). One must look and calculate in order to convert it to weight in mithqals. I have not finalized this calculation now, but it is possible to finalize it by knowing the amount of the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in mithqals.
In summary: if the owner of the house has an orchard with date palms, then the fruit of the date palms in the house is combined with what? With the fruit of the date palms in the orchard. If their total reaches the nisab, it is obligatory to pay zakah.
And if he does not have an orchard with date palms, then we consider the date palms in the house by themselves. We say: if their fruit reaches the nisab, there is zakah on it; otherwise, there is none.
The zakah is half of one-tenth for what is watered with effort, and the full one-tenth for what is watered without effort. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a matter where asking about it is good. Many people have houses with date palms. The fruit of the date palms may reach the nisab, yet they do not pay zakah on it, because they think that zakah is only obligatory on large orchards. As for the date palms in the house, many people think there is no zakah on them. But that is not the case. Rather, we say: if you have date palms in your house and you have another orchard with date palms, then you must combine your house date palms with your orchard and pay zakah on them, even if the date palms in the house do not reach the nisab, because they are combined with the date palms in the orchard.
As for if you do not have an orchard, then we look at the date palms in the house. If they reach the nisab, their zakah is obligatory. If they do not reach the nisab, there is no zakah on them.
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). One must look and calculate in order to convert it to weight in mithqals. I have not finalized this calculation now, but it is possible to finalize it by knowing the amount of the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in mithqals.
In summary: if the owner of the house has an orchard with date palms, then the fruit of the date palms in the house is combined with what? With the fruit of the date palms in the orchard. If their total reaches the nisab, it is obligatory to pay zakah.
And if he does not have an orchard with date palms, then we consider the date palms in the house by themselves. We say: if their fruit reaches the nisab, there is zakah on it; otherwise, there is none.
The zakah is half of one-tenth for what is watered with effort, and the full one-tenth for what is watered without effort. Yes.