{"id":28367,"date":"2023-08-22T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T20:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=28367"},"modified":"2023-08-22T20:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T20:13:30","slug":"does-a-person-need-to-pay-zakat-on-food-items-for-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/does-a-person-need-to-pay-zakat-on-food-items-for-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a Person Need To Pay Zakat on Food Items for Restaurants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 06722<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana Abdul Malik<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Does a person need to pay Zakaat on food items for restaurants? How would the zakaat be calculated? Please provide Fiqhi Ibaarat with this question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Zakat will be paid on articles of merchandise whenever its value reaches the Nissab and a year passes on it. (Al Fatawa al Hindiyyah, pg 197, vol 1)[1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Articles of merchandise are those items which were purchased with the intention of resale. When calculating Zakat on articles of merchandise the current market value will be taken into consideration. (Al Fatawa al Hindiyyah, pg 198, vol 1)[2] <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Therefore, in the event that food items were purchased for resale and reaches the amount of the Nissab for zakat and an entire year passes on it. Zakat will be levied on those items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[1] \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0648\u0636: \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0643\u0627\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u062c\u0628\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0639\u0631\u0648\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0643\u0627\u0626\u0646\u0629 \u0645\u0627 \u0643\u0627\u0646\u062a \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0628\u0644\u063a\u062a \u0642\u064a\u0645\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0646\u0635\u0627\u0628\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0631\u0642 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0643\u0630\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0647\u062f\u0627\u064a\u0629 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[2] \u0648\u0625\u0646 \u0623\u062f\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0645\u064a\u0645\u0629 \u062a\u0639\u062a\u0628\u0631 \u0642\u064a\u0645\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648\u0628<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Only Allah (\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644) knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Written by Maulana Abdul Malik<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 06722 &nbsp; Answered by: Maulana Abdul Malik &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; Does a person need to pay Zakaat on food items for restaurants? 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