On the zakah of trade goods: one who inherited a grocery store and then sold it, when does the zakah become obligatory?
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The questioner : In trade goods, one who inherited a grocery store...
The Shaykh : According to the school of jurisprudence.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, if he sold it.
The questioner : If it remained.
The Shaykh : If it remained, until when? The grocery store owner must sell; he buys constantly, and as soon as he gets money, he buys.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He has money and wants to buy; from the moment he moves what he has and buys in its place.
The questioner : If he sold what is currently there...
The Shaykh : That is, if he sold the entire grocery store, then he starts with the money he has now; he starts the lunar year from now.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, from now.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But one of the conditions of righteous deeds is that they be from a Muslim[At-Tawbah 9:54] and in the hadith of Mu'adh Sunan al-Bayhaqi 10:547 after the two testimonies and after the prayer Sahih al-Bukhari 1395.
The questioner : So it is not attached to the conscience...
The Shaykh : No, it is a fundamental description of the one paying zakah; it is necessary, it is necessary that he be a Muslim, yes, and it is attached to the conscience, there is no doubt about that, meaning.
The Shaykh : According to the school of jurisprudence.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, if he sold it.
The questioner : If it remained.
The Shaykh : If it remained, until when? The grocery store owner must sell; he buys constantly, and as soon as he gets money, he buys.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He has money and wants to buy; from the moment he moves what he has and buys in its place.
The questioner : If he sold what is currently there...
The Shaykh : That is, if he sold the entire grocery store, then he starts with the money he has now; he starts the lunar year from now.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, from now.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But one of the conditions of righteous deeds is that they be from a Muslim
And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah
وَما مَنَعَهُمْ أَنْ تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقاتُهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِIf they respond to you for that
إن هم أجابوك لذلكthen teach them that Allah has
فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهمThe questioner : So it is not attached to the conscience...
The Shaykh : No, it is a fundamental description of the one paying zakah; it is necessary, it is necessary that he be a Muslim, yes, and it is attached to the conscience, there is no doubt about that, meaning.