Combining some of the fruit with the rest for the sake of zakah, but some of it may ripen later than the rest.
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, ... .
Another questioner: If we consider... combining some of the fruit with the rest... that it is owned... the second part is not owned by him at the time of zakah.
The Shaykh : No, it is owned by him beforehand, before the obligation of zakah becomes due. I mean, if he owned it before the obligation of zakah and the ownership extended to after the obligation, there is nothing [wrong with it]. I mean, for example, he has palm trees, some of which, for example, ripen at the beginning of the time and some at the end of the time, all of it is owned... [for] zakah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it is customary for some of the dates to ripen with a gap of perhaps four months between them and the second batch, as is found in al-Ahsa.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... It will come to us, if Allah wills, that if it is spoiled before being placed on the threshing floor without any transgression or negligence on his part, then it is dropped, yes?
Another questioner: If we consider... combining some of the fruit with the rest... that it is owned... the second part is not owned by him at the time of zakah.
The Shaykh : No, it is owned by him beforehand, before the obligation of zakah becomes due. I mean, if he owned it before the obligation of zakah and the ownership extended to after the obligation, there is nothing [wrong with it]. I mean, for example, he has palm trees, some of which, for example, ripen at the beginning of the time and some at the end of the time, all of it is owned... [for] zakah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it is customary for some of the dates to ripen with a gap of perhaps four months between them and the second batch, as is found in al-Ahsa.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... It will come to us, if Allah wills, that if it is spoiled before being placed on the threshing floor without any transgression or negligence on his part, then it is dropped, yes?