FatwaPerakZakat
Siapakah yang patut mengeluarkan zakat di antara yang menyewa dan tuan rumah?
Who is obliged to pay zakat on crops, the tenant or the landowner?
Short answer
The obligation to pay zakat falls on the person who cultivates the crops.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Perak State Mufti Department
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Soal Jawab
- Topic
- Zakat
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The obligation to pay zakat falls on the person who cultivates the crops. That person is the tenant who rents the land, not the landowner who leases it out.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Yang wajib mengeluarkan zakat lalah orang yang mengusahakan tanaman itu, laitu orang yang menyewa tanah itu.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Perak State Mufti Department. “Siapakah yang patut mengeluarkan zakat di antara yang menyewa dan tuan rumah?”, date not stated. https://mufti.perak.gov.my/component/content/article/soal-jawab?catid=2#payment-24. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/zakat-on-crops-tenant-versus-landowner-obligation/