Question
Is zakaat binding on the medication that a doctor keeps to dispense to his patients? For example the doctor has a set consultation fee of R350. In the R350 the patient will receive the relevant medication which the doctor stocks based on what the patient needs. Any extra medication required will be sourced from the pharmacy. So will Zakaat be necessary on the stock of medication available by the doctor?
Answer
Since the medicines are not free, it will be stock-in-trade, hence Zakaat will be applicable.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 27 No 11
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- 7
Appears under A NEW HYBRID SHIAH-INTERFAITH ‘QUR’AAN’ (approximate).