Q: I would like to enquire about a few zakaat issues:
1. How much zakaat needs to be paid on fruit trees, which have been purchased as an investment?
2. How much zakaat needs to be paid on a bee hive, which has been bought as an investment?
3. Is a solar panel, which has been bought as a form of a money making investment, a zakaatable item - and if so: how do I calculate Zakaat on it?
4. How much zakaat needs to be paid on a business venture which entails investing in a cattle feedlot? The money invested goes into purchasing cattle and providing feed for the cattle for 4 months and then selling them off. Investors do not own specific cattle but buy a share of the total cattle.