Chapter on Zakat of Wheat, Barley, Dates, and Raisins

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn al-Sindi from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ishaq ibn Ammar from Abu Ibrahim عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘wheat and dates, and the zakat upon them.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “The tenth (10%) and half of the tenth (5%): the tenth in what the sky waters, and half of the tenth from what is watered by water-drawing camels (al-sawani).” So I (narrator) asked: “I am not asking you about this; rather, I am asking you about what comes out of it, whether little or much. Does it have a limit from which zakat is to be given from what comes out of it?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Zakat is to be given from what comes out of it, whether little or much: from every ten, one, and from every ten, half of one.” I (the narrator) asked: “Then wheat and dates are the same?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes.”