The Duty of a Person who Purchases Quadruplet Grains if He knows or Doubts that the seller has paid Zakat or not
Issue No. 1598- If a person purchases wheat, barley, dates or grapes, and knows that the seller has paid zakāt on them, or doubts whether or not he has paid it, it is not obligatory on him to pay anything. In case he knows that he (the seller) has not paid zakāt on them, and if the Mujtahid does not permit the transaction, the transaction with regard to that portion is void. If the Mujtahid permits the transaction, he takes the amount of zakāt from the seller. In case he does not permit the transaction, he takes the amount of zakāt from the buyer in this case if he has already given the amount of zakāt to the seller, the buyer can take it back from him.
