Zakat on cash, land and the like

Question

(1) Land whose land revenue is two, three, up to four rupees per bigha (a local unit of land area) a year: should zakat be taken out on such land too, or not? If taking out zakat on it is fard, then by valuing the land? And if zakat is to be taken out on the land’s produce, then at how much produce does zakat become fard? Should the zakat on the produce be taken out right away, or after spending on one’s needs throughout the year and after paying the land revenue? (2) Zayd has a machine for processing pulses.

Answer

(1) On land in India that was, or is, in the possession of kafirs, zakat is not wajib. And land that has been continuously in Muslim possession since the time of the Islamic sultanate is ‘ushri; zakat on its produce is wajib in every case, however much land revenue has to be paid, and whether the produce is little or much.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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