{"id":5949,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/zakah-on-salaries\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:18:57","slug":"zakah-on-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/zakah-on-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakah On Salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/h3>\n

I wanted to understand why in a simple job without capital the zakah<\/em> rate is higher? Interestingly, a relatively low rate is implemented in the case of income from business which involves capital?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/h3>\n

This is the application of the directives of the Prophet (sws) about agricultural products, where the advice is to pay 5% when the land is owned (capital) and is watered by us (labour), but 10% if it is watered naturally by rain. For instance look at the following Hadith:<\/p>\n

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The Prophet said, “On a land irrigated by rain water or by natural water channels or if the land is wet due to a near by water channel Ushr (i.e. one-tenth) is compulsory (as Zakah); and on the land irrigated by the well, half of an Ushr (i.e. one-twentieth) is compulsory (as Zakah on the yield of the land).” (Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 24, Number 560)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It seems the reason for the differentiation is that where both capital and labour are involved, the risk is higher, therefore less zakah<\/em> is demanded.<\/div>\n

Answered by:<\/strong> Farhad Shafti<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-07<\/p>\n