Mon 13 رمضان 1447 (02 Mar 2026)
[How One Pays Zakat When He Sold for a Fixed Sum but the Buyer Did Not Pay Him in Full]
Mufti:
Alsayyed Muhammad b. Abdallah Awad Al-Muayyady
Fatwa number: 17143
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[How One Pays Zakat When He Sold for a Fixed Sum but the Buyer Did Not Pay Him in Full]
Fatwa number: 17143
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Question: It often happens that a man sells from his orchard—qāt, pomegranates, or apples—for a fixed sum. The buyer takes the produce and sells it, then comes to the seller to pay him the remainder of the price—since at the time of sale he only took the deposit—and he reduces some of the price on the pretext that he did not profit on that transaction, or that he incurred a loss; so the seller waives it for him. Must the seller pay zakat on the agreed price, or only on what he actually received?
Answer: What appears to me is that he is not obliged to pay zakat except on the amount he actually received. This is because, from the moment of contracting, the seller knows that the buyer will inevitably reduce the amount—such is the prevalent custom in this matter. Also, the seller did not reduce it by his own free choice, but because the buyer refused to pay that amount in full. Such is the customary practice.
Source : Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.1
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