Zakah on trade goods.
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The questioner : Regarding zakah on trade goods, I mean, I don't know of anything new on this topic; I mean, I am aware.
The Shaykh : I mean, there is nothing new from me; I have nothing new. What you know is that we have nothing new. The summary is that there is no zakah on trade goods. The zakah mentioned in the branches of jurisprudence is that every trade is assessed at the end of each year, and then two and a half percent is paid out of the value if it reaches the nisab. This zakah is not mentioned in the Book of Allah, nor in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the sayings of the righteous Salaf. However, what can be said, and indeed must be said, is that there is an absolute zakah on them, with no specific nisab or specific percentage, but rather what pleases the soul of this wealthy man, by virtue of the saying of Allah the Exalted:.
The questioner : Even if it is a property that is rented out, I mean?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, there is nothing new from me; I have nothing new. What you know is that we have nothing new. The summary is that there is no zakah on trade goods. The zakah mentioned in the branches of jurisprudence is that every trade is assessed at the end of each year, and then two and a half percent is paid out of the value if it reaches the nisab. This zakah is not mentioned in the Book of Allah, nor in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the sayings of the righteous Salaf. However, what can be said, and indeed must be said, is that there is an absolute zakah on them, with no specific nisab or specific percentage, but rather what pleases the soul of this wealthy man, by virtue of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
He has truly succeeded who purifies it, and he has truly failed who withholds it.
قد أفلح من زكاها * وقد خاب من دساهاThe questioner : Even if it is a property that is rented out, I mean?
The Shaykh: Yes.
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