Chapter on the Zakat of grains and fruit, honey, minerals, and buried treasure (rikāz)

Allah, Exalted is He, says: “O you who believe, spend of the wholesome things you have earned and of that which We have brought forth for you from the earth” (Quran 2:267).

Zakat itself is termed spending (nafaqa), as in His statement: “And those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend them in the way of Allah” (Quran 9:34), meaning they do not pay their zakat.

The purified Sunnah has come down in numerous reports commanding the payment of zakat on grains and fruits and specifying its amount, and the Muslims have unanimously agreed that it is obligatory on wheat, barley, dates, and raisins. Accordingly, zakat is due on all grains—such as wheat, barley, rice, millet, and every other type of grain. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “No charity is due on less than five wasqs of grain or dates,” and he ﷺ also said: