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What do Imaam Muhammed RAH. and Imaam Abu Yusuf RAH. say about crops which are not measured with Wasq such as saffron and cotton? |
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Question 425) - What do Imaam Muhammed RAH. and Imaam Abu Yusuf RAH. say about crops which are not measured with Wasq such as saffron and cotton?
A: According to Imaam Abu Yusuf RAH. if the crop is valued at 5 Wasq of the lowest value crop measured in Wasq then a tenth is due. According to Imaam Muhamm RAH. a tenth is due when the crop reaches 5 of its biggest measurements e.g. 5 bales of cotton and 5 Amna [a measurement] of saffron.
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Question 424) - What are the details of the payment of a tenth and half of that?
A: A tenth is due on plants naturally watered e.g. rain. A twentieth is due from plants watered by artificial irrigation such as water-wheels and water-scoops, according to one of the two views.
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Question 422) - Is there a Nisab in that?
A: Not according to Imaam Abu Hanifa RAH. Zakah is on whatever comes from the earth, whether little or many, except wood, reeds and grass which does not have Zakah according to him. According to Imaam Abu Yusuf RAH. and Imaam Muhammed RAH. there is no Zakah unless something has remaining fruits and it reaches 5 Wasq. There is no Zakah on vegetables according to them.
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Question 423) - What is a Wasq?
A: A measurement of the people of al-Madinah equal to 60 Sa'.
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Question 421) - Is Zakah payable on fruits and crops?
A: yes, one-tenth or one-twentieth is paid according to the water used
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