{
 "id": "concept/asal",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "asal",
 "label": {
  "ar": "العَسَل",
  "en": "Honey: its medicinal use and zakat (asal)",
  "ur": "شہد"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "العسل في اللغة لعاب النحل، وقد جعله الله شفاء للناس، والعرب تطلق الاسم على كل ما يُستلذ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11602}. ويجوز التداوي بالعسل، وقال جمهور العلماء إن في العسل شفاء للناس، كما ورد في الحديث أن أخا الرجل اشتكى بطنه فأمر النبي بسقيه العسل {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603}. وذهب الحنفية والحنابلة إلى وجوب العشر في العسل، واستدلوا بآثار عن عمر وحديث أبي هريرة، وعند الحنفية يشترط كون النحل في أرض العشر، أما المالكية والشافعية فلا زكاة عندهم في العسل {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11604} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}. ويرى الحنابلة والزهري أن نصابه عشرة أفراق، وأبو حنيفة يوجب العشر في قليله وكثيره، وأبو يوسف يعتبر القيمة {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}.",
  "en": "In the lexicon, asal is the saliva of the bee, which God made a healing for people; the Arabs use the word for anything found sweet {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11602}. Using honey as medicine is permitted, and most scholars read the Qur'anic verse as saying that honey contains healing {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603}. The Hanafis and Hanbalis hold that a tenth is due on honey, relying on prophetic and early reports, and the Hanafis require that the bees be on tithe land; the Malikis and Shafi'is hold that honey carries no zakat {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11604} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}. The Hanbalis and al-Zuhri set its threshold at ten faraq; Abu Hanifa requires a tenth on any amount; Abu Yusuf takes value as the measure {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "worship-and-the-pillars",
  "ethics-and-character"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «عَسَل»، ص 11602-11605 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w07-batch11"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; headword عَسَل complete on scan pp.11602-11605 (lexical sense, medicinal use, zakat on honey and its threshold). The related term سكر (sugar) is noted but not drafted. Next headword عُسَيْلة begins on scan p.11606. Footnote citations omitted; prophetic reports are summarised, not quoted"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "العسل في اللغة لعاب النحل، جعله الله شفاء للناس، والعرب تسمي كل ما يُستلذ عسلاً {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11602}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "التداوي بالعسل",
     "markdown": "يجوز التداوي بالعسل، وقال جمهور العلماء إن في العسل شفاء للناس، وذلك في آية النحل {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "زكاة العسل",
     "markdown": "ذهب الحنفية والحنابلة إلى وجوب العشر في العسل، واشترط الحنفية أن يكون النحل في أرض العشر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11604}. وذهب المالكية والشافعية إلى أنه لا زكاة في العسل {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}. ويرى الحنابلة والزهري أن نصابه عشرة أفراق، وأبو حنيفة يوجب العشر في قليله وكثيره {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/asal",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In the lexicon, asal is the saliva of the bee, which God made a healing for people; the Arabs use the word for anything found sweet {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11602}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Honey as medicine",
     "markdown": "Using honey as medicine is permitted, and most scholars read the Qur'anic verse as saying that honey contains healing {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Zakat on honey",
     "markdown": "The Hanafis and Hanbalis hold that a tenth is due on honey; the Hanafis require that the bees be on tithe land {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11604}. The Malikis and Shafi'is hold that honey carries no zakat {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}. The Hanbalis and al-Zuhri set its threshold at ten faraq; Abu Hanifa requires a tenth on any amount {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/asal",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "لغت میں عسل شہد کی مکھی کا لعاب ہے، جسے اللہ تعالیٰ نے لوگوں کے لیے شفا بنایا {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11602}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زکوٰۃ",
     "markdown": "حنفیہ اور حنابلہ کے نزدیک شہد میں عشر واجب ہے، جبکہ مالکیہ اور شافعیہ کے نزدیک شہد میں زکوٰۃ نہیں {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11603} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11605}۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/asal",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/alaniya",
  "concept/amd",
  "concept/aqr",
  "concept/azm",
  "concept/desire-shahwa",
  "concept/doubt-shakk",
  "concept/halq-shaving",
  "concept/hay-a-fiqh"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}