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Money spent on cultivation is not deducted when calculating zakaah

17-11-2003

Question 48982

I have some date palm trees and I want to pay zakaah on them. Should I deduct expenses from the zakaah, such as transportation, wages for workers who gather the dates, wages for those who sell the dates etc?.

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