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 | | Payment of zakat tax is obligatory in four kinds of crops: wheat, barley, dates, and raisins; however, as a matter of obligatory Ihtiyat, it is obligatory in all kinds of crops, such as rice, lentils, sesame, etc. it is not obligatory in vegetables, such as potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, etc. |
 | | Should death occur before zakat has become due on the crops, the inheritors are deemed new owners; it therefore follows that they should cater for the payment of zakat once all conditions, among which are the produce exceeding the threshold (nisab) and the inheritor be an adult, are met. |
 | | Should the produce have become for zakat tax before the transfer, and the previous owner did not pay it, either through transgression or due to an oversight, the tax has to be settled; moreover, it is not permissible to have right of disposal over the amount of zakat. |
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