Harvest Time

“About the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘Give His right on the day of its harvest . . .,’ (6:142) all of them have said that abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has stated this Hadith. ‘It is of charity (Zakat) that which is given to the destitute, a bunch after bunch and from fruits handful after handful until all fruits are picked up from trees. The guard has a definite right, which is left for him of the trees. Palm trees like Mi‘afarah and ‘Umm Ja‘rur are left alone. One, two or three trees are left for the guard because of his guarding.’”

“About the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘. . . give His right on the day of harvest . . .,’ (6:142) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said this. ‘It requires one to give on the day of harvest in bunches, then during threshing, then when it is measured in Sa‘, it (charity (Zakat)) is one out of ten or one out of twenty.’”