(A) Sharing The Natural Resources
Zakāt,accordingtotheShi‘a schoolofthought,islimitedtothefollow-
ing nine items:
I. Coins:- Gold Coins. 2. Silver Coins.
II. Cattle:- Goats and sheep. 4. Cows.
- Camels.
III. Crops:- Wheat. 7. Dates.
- Barley. 9. Raisins.
Thesearethenineitemsonwhichzakātiswājib.Atthisstageofour
discussion,wewillnotgointodetailsoftherulestoexplainhowmuch
becomeswājibonwhichitematwhattime.Weshallonlymentionsome
details about zakāt on crops.
Zakātoncropsbecomes wajibonlywhentheproduction reachesthe
minimum nisāb (the specific amount or quantity on which zakāt be-
comeswājib).The nisāb foreachof the four cropsmentionedaboveis
846 k.g.Soifyouproducelessthan 846 k.g.ofwheat,thenthereisnoza-
kāt on you.
The amount you have to pay as zakāt taxdepends on the methods
used for watering the crops:
- if the farm was watered by a river or by rain, then you have to pay
10% of the total crop. - if the farm was watered by drawing water from a well or by using
modern machines, then you have to pay 5% of the total crop.
Soifyouproduced100,000k.g.ofwheatandyouhadwateredyour
farmthroughanear-byriver,thenyouhavetopay10,000k.g.wheatas
zakāt.Butifyouusedmoderntechnologytowateryourfarm,thenyou
have to pay 5,000 k.g. wheat as zakāt.