Zakah on a joint farm

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A: You have to pay Zakah upon grains and fruits i.e. upon dried dates and grapes if they reach the Nisab (the minimum amount on which Zakah is due). Their Nisab is five Wasqs (1 Wasq = 60 Sa`s =130,320 kg) approximately 300 Sa` of the measure of Madinah. A Sa` is about four handfuls with two open palms of hands. (Part No. 9; Page No. 228) The amount to be paid as Zakah is half of one tenth out of the total weight of the crop i.e., 50 kg out of every 1000 kg. As for Zakah on money, it is as you have mentioned 2.5 % of the total. As for your partner, it is he who should pay its Zakah when it reaches the Nisab.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.