Zakat & Islamic Finance
Fruits and Crops Zakat Calculator
Work out ushr on a harvest — and see where the Hanafi and Shafi’i positions agree and where they part.
Fruits and Crops Zakat Calculator
This is a calculation aid, not a religious ruling. Zakat has conditions this tool cannot check — chiefly that wealth has been held for a full lunar year (hawl). For anything consequential, confirm the result with a scholar you trust.
About the Fruits & Crops Zakat Calculator
This works out ushr — the zakat traditionally associated with agricultural produce. The rate depends on how the land was watered: 10% where the crop was rain-fed or naturally irrigated, and 5% where irrigation involved cost and effort.
On whether a minimum harvest applies before anything is due, the schools differ, and this calculator shows both positions side by side rather than choosing one. The Hanafi position commonly cited is that no minimum applies; the Shafi'i position commonly cited sets a threshold of five awsuq, about 653 kg.
Enter your harvest weight and irrigation method and you get both results. Which applies to you is a question for whoever you follow.
How to use the Fruits & Crops Zakat Calculator
- Enter the total harvest in kilograms.
- Choose how it was watered — this sets the rate at 10%, 5% or 7.5%.
- Optionally add a price per kg to see the cash equivalent.
- Select Calculate ushr.
- Read the comparison table: below 653 kg the two schools give different answers, and you follow the one you follow.
The rates
Rain-fed or naturally watered : 10% of the harvest
Artificially irrigated : 5% of the harvest
Where both applied across a season, an intermediate rate of about 7.5% is commonly cited.
Worked example
A 2,000 kg harvest from rain-fed land.
2,000 × 10% = 200 kg
Had the land been irrigated by pump or canal: 2,000 × 5% = 100 kg.
200 kg rain-fed, or 100 kg irrigated
Both figures clear the five-awsuq threshold, so the two school positions agree here. On a 400 kg harvest they would not.
Why the rate differs by irrigation
The commonly given reasoning is that the rate reflects the cost of producing the crop. Where water arrives without expense — rain, a natural spring, a river the land sits beside — the full 10% applies. Where the farmer bore the cost of bringing water, whether by well, pump, canal or purchased supply, the rate is halved.
Where a crop was rain-fed for part of the season and irrigated for the rest, a middle rate of around 7.5% is commonly cited. Where one method clearly predominated, that method's rate is generally applied.
The minimum-harvest question
This is the main point of difference between the two positions the calculator shows, and both are long-established:
| Hanafi position (commonly cited) | Shafi'i position (commonly cited) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum harvest | None — due on any quantity | 5 awsuq, about 653 kg |
| Which crops | Broadly, produce of the land | Typically staples that can be stored |
| On a 400 kg harvest | Ushr would be due | Below the threshold |
| On a 2,000 kg harvest | Ushr due | Ushr due |
Both positions are held by major schools and neither is presented here as preferable. The calculator simply shows what each produces on your figures. If the two disagree on your harvest, that is precisely the point at which to ask someone qualified rather than pick the answer you prefer.
What five awsuq means
The wasq is a classical volume measure. Converting it to modern weight gives approximately 130.6 kg per wasq, so five awsuq comes to about 653 kg.
The conversion is approximate by nature, because it translates a volume measure into weight — and different crops have different densities, so a wasq of one grain does not weigh the same as a wasq of another. Figures between roughly 610 kg and 700 kg are cited by different institutions for this reason. Near the threshold, use the figure your own authority publishes.
Timing, and how it differs from other zakat
Ushr differs from zakat on money in a way worth understanding:
- It falls due at harvest, not after a lunar year has passed. There is no hawl requirement.
- It applies each harvest. Two harvests in a year are generally assessed separately.
- The rate is higher — 10% or 5%, against 2.5% on monetary wealth.
Paying in crops or in money
The traditional form is payment in kind, from the harvest itself. Paying the cash equivalent is widely practised and permitted by many scholars, particularly where recipients would benefit more from money than from produce.
Where cash is given, it is generally valued at what the crop would fetch at the time of payment. This calculator gives you the quantity; multiply by your local market rate for the monetary figure.
For zakat on money rather than produce, see the money zakat calculator; for livestock, the animals calculator.
This is a calculation aid, not a religious ruling. It performs arithmetic on figures you enter. It cannot verify the conditions that determine whether zakat is actually due — chiefly that the wealth has been held for a full lunar year (hawl), and how your particular debts and circumstances should be treated. Scholars and schools differ on several points, and practice varies by country and community. For anything consequential, confirm the result with a qualified scholar or your local zakat authority.
Other ways to use this calculator
- Ushr calculator — ushr is the zakat on crops and fruits, at 10% or 5% depending on irrigation.
- Agricultural zakat and harvest zakat — due at harvest, not after a lunar year.
- 5 awsuq nisab — the minimum harvest before fruits zakat is due; see the section above.
Frequently asked questions
Ushr is the zakat traditionally associated with agricultural produce. The name means "a tenth", reflecting the 10% rate applied where land is watered naturally by rain, a spring or a river. Where the farmer bore the cost of irrigation, a rate of 5% is commonly cited instead. Unlike zakat on money, it falls due at harvest rather than after a lunar year.
The commonly given reasoning is that the rate reflects the cost of producing the crop. Where water arrived free — rain, a natural spring, a nearby river — the full 10% applies. Where the farmer paid to bring water by well, pump or canal, the rate is halved to 5%. Where both applied across a season, an intermediate rate of about 7.5% is commonly cited.
The schools differ, and this calculator shows both. The Hanafi position commonly cited is that no minimum applies and ushr is due on any quantity. The Shafi'i position commonly cited sets a threshold of five awsuq, roughly 653 kg. Neither is presented here as preferable — if your harvest falls between the two answers, ask whoever you normally follow.
The traditional form is payment in kind from the harvest, but paying the cash equivalent is widely practised and permitted by many scholars, particularly where recipients would benefit more from money. Where cash is given, it is generally valued at what the crop would fetch at the time of payment. This tool gives the quantity; multiply by your local rate for a money figure.
Sources and further reading
- Islamic Relief — Zakat on agricultural produce — ushr rates and how irrigation affects them
- National Zakat Foundation — Zakat categories — the wasq measure and threshold questions
- Zakat Foundation of America — Zakat on crops — school positions on the minimum harvest