The ruling on paying zakah on peanuts and its amount
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Question:
The listener Abdul-Razzaq Yaqub from Sudan sent a message saying: I have a farm whose entire production is peanuts. Is zakah due on it? If zakah is due, please clarify the amount? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, zakah is due on it, just like the zakah on other grains and fruits. If it reaches five wasqs, you pay zakah on it. A wasq is sixty sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is four full handfuls with two moderate hands, which is five and a third Iraqi rital. Its amount in mithqal is four hundred and eighty mithqal. This is the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
So if the grains from your farm reach five wasqs, meaning three hundred sa' of peanuts, you pay zakah at half the tenth if it is watered by pumps. If it is watered by pumps, it is half the tenth. But if it is watered by rain or a river, then the tenth is due. In every one thousand kilograms, one hundred is due, meaning one-tenth of the yield, one-tenth of the harvested grains. Just as the tenth is due on dates, and on other grains like rice and wheat if they are watered by river water or rain.
As for if the farm is watered by pumps and the water is drawn with effort, then half the tenth is due. And if the harvested grains are less than five wasqs, then no zakah is due on them. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The listener Abdul-Razzaq Yaqub from Sudan sent a message saying: I have a farm whose entire production is peanuts. Is zakah due on it? If zakah is due, please clarify the amount? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, zakah is due on it, just like the zakah on other grains and fruits. If it reaches five wasqs, you pay zakah on it. A wasq is sixty sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is four full handfuls with two moderate hands, which is five and a third Iraqi rital. Its amount in mithqal is four hundred and eighty mithqal. This is the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
So if the grains from your farm reach five wasqs, meaning three hundred sa' of peanuts, you pay zakah at half the tenth if it is watered by pumps. If it is watered by pumps, it is half the tenth. But if it is watered by rain or a river, then the tenth is due. In every one thousand kilograms, one hundred is due, meaning one-tenth of the yield, one-tenth of the harvested grains. Just as the tenth is due on dates, and on other grains like rice and wheat if they are watered by river water or rain.
As for if the farm is watered by pumps and the water is drawn with effort, then half the tenth is due. And if the harvested grains are less than five wasqs, then no zakah is due on them. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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