Crops watered by flowing water and by water wheels

Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father and grandfather that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On land irrigated by flowing water there is a tenth, and on land irrigated by water drawn up by camels there is half a tenth."

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the people of Yemen: "On land watered by the sky or by flowing water, if it is wheat, barley, raisins or dates, there is a tenth; and on land irrigated by water drawn up by camels there is half a tenth."

It is narrated from al-Hakam that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) in Yemen: "On land watered by the sky or by flowing water there is a tenth, and on land irrigated by camels or by buckets there is half a tenth."

It is narrated from Salih Abu al-Khalil that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established the practice that on land watered by rain, or by a flowing spring, or by running stream water, or land that needs no watering and draws its water from the moisture of the soil, on all of these there is a full tenth; and on land irrigated by rope (and bucket) there is half a tenth.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him, and may Allah honour his face) said: On land watered by the sky or by flowing water there is a tenth, and on land irrigated with a bucket there is half a tenth.

It is narrated from Qatadah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established the practice that on land watered by rain or by running stream water, or land that needs no watering and draws its water from the moisture of the soil, on all of these there is a full tenth; and on land irrigated by rope (and bucket) there is half a tenth.

He said: And Qatadah said: It used to be said that on fruit that is measured there is a tenth and half a tenth.

It is narrated from Nafi' that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: The zakah of fruits and crops, whether it is dates, wheat, barley or a kind of barley (sult), whether the land draws its water from the soil's moisture, or is irrigated by a river, or is irrigated by spring water, or is rain-fed through channels, or is irrigated by rainwater: on it there is a tenth, that is, one in every ten; and on land irrigated by bucket there is half a tenth, that is, one in every twenty.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the people of Yemen, to al-Harith bin Abd Kulal and those with him of the people of Yemen from Ma'afir and Hamdan: "Upon the believers, from the zakah of their wealth, are tithes: on what the spring waters and the sky waters there is a tenth, and on what is watered by the large bucket there is half a tenth."

Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata: Land irrigated by channels drawn from wells, whether palms, grapes or other crops (grain), does it take one ruling? He said: On it there is a tenth.

Ibn Jurayj said: Abu al-Zubayr told me that he heard Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) say: In it there is a tenth.

Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata: What is the ruling on palms (an orchard) watered without labour, or crops and grain watered by rainwater? He answered: A tenth. I said: If palms, grapes and grain are watered by flowing water, what is the ruling? He answered: There is a tenth. I said: What is the ruling on land irrigated by bucket and by camels? He answered: Half a tenth.

Ibn Jurayj said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is half a tenth.

It is narrated from Ma'mar that al-Zuhri did not fix any set amount for fruits. He said: There is a tenth or half a tenth.

Something similar is reported from Mujahid.

Ma'mar said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz also wrote the same (ruling) to the people of Yemen.

Al-Hasan said: Wheat, barley, dates and grapes, when they reach five wasqs, and five wasqs make three hundred sa', then if they are irrigated (by one's own labour) there is half a tenth on them, and if they are watered by the sky or by spring water there is a tenth on them.

It is narrated from Nafi' that Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Umar) (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give a fatwa concerning the zakah of fruits and crops: whatever is watered by a river or by spring water, or is rain-fed through channels, or draws its water from the soil's moisture, its zakah is a tenth, that is, one in every ten; and whatever is irrigated by water drawn up by camels (carrying water to it), its zakah is half a tenth, that is, one in every twenty.