The Ruling on Zakah in Lentils, Honey, and Others
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A brother asks and says: Is zakah obligatory in chickpeas, lentils, and honey? Please rule on this for us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: The scholars derived from the evidence of zakah that every measured food item is subject to zakah. Thus, chickpeas, lentils, sorghum, and their like, barley, millet, and rice are all measured food items in which zakah is due if they reach the nisab, which is three hundred sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning five wasqs, and one wasq is sixty sa'. If the total of chickpeas, lentils, or similar edible, measured grains reaches this nisab of five wasqs, three hundred sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is subject to zakah. The sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is known to be four hundred and eighty mithqals. Yes. That is, four handfuls by the hands of a man of average build, if he fills his hands four times, that is a sa', and one handful is a mudd. The sa' is four handfuls with the average, full hands. There is no consideration for the small known measure or the large excessive one, but rather the medium one, and by the mithqals, four hundred and eighty mithqals. The mudd is one hundred and twenty mithqals. The mudd is by the third of the known Iraqi measure previously. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. This is regarding the nisab, I mean, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: This detail is regarding the nisab?
The Shaykh: Regarding the nisab, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh: That is, three hundred sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is less than our existing sa' in Najd, which is, as mentioned, four handfuls with the average hands. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. And what about honey?
The Shaykh: There is disagreement regarding honey, and there is no clear evidence for the obligation of zakah in it. Some scholars consider zakah due in it, so if one pays zakah on it out of caution, that is good. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: The scholars derived from the evidence of zakah that every measured food item is subject to zakah. Thus, chickpeas, lentils, sorghum, and their like, barley, millet, and rice are all measured food items in which zakah is due if they reach the nisab, which is three hundred sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning five wasqs, and one wasq is sixty sa'. If the total of chickpeas, lentils, or similar edible, measured grains reaches this nisab of five wasqs, three hundred sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is subject to zakah. The sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is known to be four hundred and eighty mithqals. Yes. That is, four handfuls by the hands of a man of average build, if he fills his hands four times, that is a sa', and one handful is a mudd. The sa' is four handfuls with the average, full hands. There is no consideration for the small known measure or the large excessive one, but rather the medium one, and by the mithqals, four hundred and eighty mithqals. The mudd is one hundred and twenty mithqals. The mudd is by the third of the known Iraqi measure previously. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. This is regarding the nisab, I mean, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: This detail is regarding the nisab?
The Shaykh: Regarding the nisab, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh: That is, three hundred sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is less than our existing sa' in Najd, which is, as mentioned, four handfuls with the average hands. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. And what about honey?
The Shaykh: There is disagreement regarding honey, and there is no clear evidence for the obligation of zakah in it. Some scholars consider zakah due in it, so if one pays zakah on it out of caution, that is good. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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