What is the Zakat on date palms if their yield is sold for cash, and does the ruling differ if it is stored for consumption?

The zakat on palm trees, which falls under the zakat on crops and fruits, becomes due when the fruit begins to show ripeness (budo Salah), provided it reaches the nisab of five awsuq (وسق - plural of wasaq, a measure of weight). It is to be given after harvesting (jidhādh) at a rate of half of a tenth (5%) if irrigated with effort/cost, and a tenth (10%) if irrigated without effort/cost. If the fruit is sold after the beginning of its ripeness but before harvesting, Imam Al-Nawawi held the soundest view to be that the sale is void for the portion due as zakat but valid for the remainder. However, the sale is valid for the entire quantity if the seller pays the zakat from another source. In conclusion, the correct view is that it is permissible to sell the fruit after it begins to show ripeness. Its quantity must be estimated (khars), and the amount of zakat due becomes an obligation on the seller. The zakat must be given from the dates themselves. If the fruit is sold, then the equivalent amount of dates due for zakat must be purchased and given to the poor.