شہد

العَسَل

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 ¹. Using honey as medicine is permitted, and most scholars read the Qur'anic verse as saying that honey contains healing ². 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 ^{2 3 4}. 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 ⁴.