The remaining part of the question is whether he keeps the money if he receives it, for example, from the grain silos or from the state, or whether he keeps it until a lunar year has passed, or whether he pays the zakah immediately upon receiving it.
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The questioner : The remaining part of the question is whether he keeps the money if he receives it, for example, from the grain silos or from the state, or whether he keeps it until a lunar year has passed, or whether he pays the zakah immediately upon receiving it?
The Shaykh : If these dirhams are compensation for grains and fruits.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is obligatory for him to pay its zakah immediately, because the zakah on grains and fruits becomes obligatory when they are taken and does not require a lunar year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if these dirhams are compensation for something that does not have a specific zakah, such as if they are compensation for tomatoes, for example, or for watermelons, or for vegetables that do not have zakah, then he owes no zakah on them until a lunar year has passed over them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the difference; a person must know the difference. If these dirhams are compensation for something for which zakah is specifically obligatory, such as grains like wheat, corn, and barley, or date fruit, or grape fruit, according to the well-known view in the school of jurisprudence.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is obligatory for him to pay its zakah immediately. Then, if a lunar year passes over these dirhams, its zakah becomes obligatory as well, as the zakah on dirhams.
The questioner : Yes, very well. Regarding the grazing livestock as well, does it fall under the same category, or for example, like the grains? And what are the grains?
The Shaykh : Likewise, for the grazing livestock, when its lunar year is completed, it is obligatory to pay its zakah.
The questioner : But if, for example, it was compensation or of this kind?
The Shaykh : The same thing.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he sells it after its zakah becomes obligatory.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Suppose the owner of the grazing livestock sells it after its zakah becomes obligatory.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then the zakah becomes obligatory for him immediately.
The questioner : There, a problem might arise regarding the worker on the zakah if he wants money, for example, in exchange for the sheep or the goats or the camels. Is the consent of the payer and the taking considered, or is the owner of the livestock, for example, forced to pay money in exchange?
The Shaykh : In this, the consent of the owner of the livestock is necessary.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the principle is that his zakah is obligatory from his wealth; the principle is that his zakah is obligatory from his wealth.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if he and the collector agree, then there is no blame on him in that if public benefit or pressing need requires it.
The Shaykh : If these dirhams are compensation for grains and fruits.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is obligatory for him to pay its zakah immediately, because the zakah on grains and fruits becomes obligatory when they are taken and does not require a lunar year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if these dirhams are compensation for something that does not have a specific zakah, such as if they are compensation for tomatoes, for example, or for watermelons, or for vegetables that do not have zakah, then he owes no zakah on them until a lunar year has passed over them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the difference; a person must know the difference. If these dirhams are compensation for something for which zakah is specifically obligatory, such as grains like wheat, corn, and barley, or date fruit, or grape fruit, according to the well-known view in the school of jurisprudence.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is obligatory for him to pay its zakah immediately. Then, if a lunar year passes over these dirhams, its zakah becomes obligatory as well, as the zakah on dirhams.
The questioner : Yes, very well. Regarding the grazing livestock as well, does it fall under the same category, or for example, like the grains? And what are the grains?
The Shaykh : Likewise, for the grazing livestock, when its lunar year is completed, it is obligatory to pay its zakah.
The questioner : But if, for example, it was compensation or of this kind?
The Shaykh : The same thing.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he sells it after its zakah becomes obligatory.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Suppose the owner of the grazing livestock sells it after its zakah becomes obligatory.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then the zakah becomes obligatory for him immediately.
The questioner : There, a problem might arise regarding the worker on the zakah if he wants money, for example, in exchange for the sheep or the goats or the camels. Is the consent of the payer and the taking considered, or is the owner of the livestock, for example, forced to pay money in exchange?
The Shaykh : In this, the consent of the owner of the livestock is necessary.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the principle is that his zakah is obligatory from his wealth; the principle is that his zakah is obligatory from his wealth.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if he and the collector agree, then there is no blame on him in that if public benefit or pressing need requires it.