Why Zakat On Production Applied To Monthly Salary?
Zakat is a sunnah that has reached us with ijma and tawatur. There is no difference of opinion on the sharia of zakat. The differences of opinion are in the application of the sharia and such differences shall always remain because as humans we have to interpret laws. 20% (khums) and 10% (ushr) on agricultural production also come to us from the sunnah that has reached us with ijma and tawatur. These rates are the same even in the sharias of previous nations as it is evident from the Bible. Since at the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW, agriculture was the only means of production, Ghamidi sahab has made an ijtihad and has applied it to all other forms of production in the modern day, for example, salaries, wages, etc. In my opinion this is quite logical and was intended to begin with. If one does not agree with it that is fine, but the argument for disagreement cannot be rise in inflation. They have to have a valid argument that restricts zakat to only agricultural production or an argument that shows that salaries and wages are materially different from agricultural production for the purpose of zakat.