Chapter on the Rights of Harvest and Gathering

Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, says: "And give its due on the day of its harvest" (Surah Al-An’am 6:141). This means that you take handful after handful and give it to the needy, then to another needy person, until you are done. At the time of reaping, you give a handful after another until it is completed. Similarly, from the fruit that is picked, you give handful by handful until finished. For the guard (over the harvest), you leave a specific wage for their work, and from the palm trees, you leave what is known as ma‘afarah (small dates) and Um J‘arur (inferior dates). Additionally, the guard is allowed to take one, two, or three bunches of dates as compensation for protecting the trees. As for Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى statement: "But do not be wasteful, for He does not love the wasteful" (Surah Al-An’am 6:141), wastefulness here refers to giving away all of it with both hands.