Is there explicit evidence for the ruling that zakah is obligatory on trade goods?
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The questioner : ...so what can we take except for explicit evidence?
The Shaykh : Which is?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But this is a right of Allah, and He the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:103] This is wealth. And if the owners of livestock, who toil over them night and day, meaning they tend to them night and day, are obligated to pay it, then these are like them. We have not wronged them; it is something Allah has made obligatory upon them.
The Shaykh : Which is?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But this is a right of Allah, and He the Exalted said: