Time of Zakat Attachment for Quadruple Corns
Issue No. 1589- Payment of zakāt on wheat and barley becomes obligatory when their seeds are formed and are called wheat and barley. Zakāt on grape and raisins become obligatory when they are ripe and can actually be called grapes. Similarly, zakāt on palm-dates becomes obligatory when they are ripe and become eatable. However the time for paying zakāt on wheat and barley is when they are threshed and grains are separated from chaff. The time for paying zakāt on dates and raisins is when they become dry unless they are going to be consumed wet in which case they should pay its zakāt provided that their dried up quantity reaches the prescribed taxable limit.
