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Zakaat on ingredients found in the home when doing home industry

· 29 Safar 1448 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Consider a home business... Now and then I bake and sell some cakes etc. Please advise on zakaat. I don't have "stock" on hand...I only have ingredients, the product I am selling needs to be "made".

1.Can I pay zakaat from my cash earnings only or do I have to calculate the value of any of my ingredients and pay as well?

2. If I also have to pay on the value of any ingredients, how do I go about it? It will be very hard to calculate as I use these ingredients for my normal household use as well, it is only some of it that is used in the cakes I will sell.

Answer

If it is bought primarily for home use then you will not add it to your zakaat calculation.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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