Issue No. 1606- If a crop is watered with well water, etc., and the crop of the adjoining land benefits from the moisture of that land and does not need irrigation, the zakāt of the crop which is watered with well water is 5% and the zakāt of the crop in the adjoining land is 10%.
Issue No. 1613- If a person dies with a debt and also has some crops, and the heirs pay his debt from other property before zakāt on the crops becomes obligatory, the heir whose share reaches the taxable limit of zakāt should pay zakāt. However, if the heirs do not pay his debts before zakāt becomes obligatory, and if his property just equals his debt, it is not obligatory for the heirs to pay zakāt.
Issue No. 1614- If a one’s crops are of good quality and inferior quality, zakāt for each of the two kinds should be given from its respective kind separately, or pay its value. However, he cannot pay the zakāt of all the crops from the inferior quality. And if he pays the zakāt of all of them from the good quality, it would be better.
Issue No. 1620- If coined gold and silver in currency are used by women as ornaments, zakāt will not be payable on them. If a person possesses gold and silver none of which is equal to the taxable limit, it is not obligatory for him to pay zakāt, even though its total value reaches the taxable limit.
Issue No. 1617- If a person possesses gold or silver, which has reached the taxable limit, even if he has paid zakāt on it, he should continue to pay zakāt on it every year so long as it does not fall below the taxable limit. However, this is not the case with khums. That is, once the khums of a property is given, it will not be liable to khums again unless there is an increase in it. Nevertheless, wheat, barley, raisins and dates are liable to zakāt only once.
Issue No. 1622- If a person exchanges gold and silver for something, or melts them in order to avoid payment of zakāt, he will not be liable to zakāt yet he has been deprived from a blessing, and the recommended precaution is to give its zakāt.
Issue No. 1623- If a person possesses gold and silver which is partly of superior quality and partly of inferior quality or partly of more alloy and partly of lesser alloy, he should pay zakāt of each from its respective portion. However, it would be better to pay zakāt of the entire portions from the superior quality.
Issue No. 1624- If gold and silver coins in which more than usual quantity of another metal is mixed are not called gold and silver coins, and if their pure gold or silver reaches the taxable limit, zakāt should be paid on them. However, if one doubts whether they have reached the taxable limit or not, it is not obligatory to pay zakāt on them; if he can test them to ascertain the quantity, the obligatory precaution is to do so.
Issue No. 1625- With regard to sheep, cows and camels, in addition to the conditions that were stated before for zakāt, it is necessary also that those animals should not be used for labour. In case however, they have been used occasionally for labour but they are not regarded as labour animals, it will be obligatory to pay zakāt on them.
Issue No. 1632- It is not obligatory to pay zakāt in-between two taxable limits. Hence, if the number of camels exceeds the first taxable limit which is five, but does not reach the second taxable limit which is ten, he should pay zakāt on only five of them and similar is the case with the succeeding taxable limits.
Issue No. 1634- In the matter of zakāt, sheep, goats, and one-year old lambs are regarded to be the same. Also, different kinds of camels, cows, and buffaloes are considered to be of the same category.
Issue No. 1636- There is no problem if the value of a sheep given as zakāt is less than his other sheep. However, it is recommended that he should give as zakāt the sheep whose value is more than the rest, or at least give the sheep with an average value. The same rule applies to cows and camels.
