Zakah on livestock kept for trade
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if livestock are kept as trade goods, are they subject to zakah as trade goods, or as livestock?
Answer:
No, they are subject to zakah as trade goods. If a person buys and sells camels, cows, or sheep, buying and selling these as trade goods, he pays zakah on them as trade goods, not as livestock. This is because he does not keep them for retention. Livestock kept for milk or breeding are kept, but these are not kept; he buys them and sells them, and they go right away. They are trade goods. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if livestock are kept as trade goods, are they subject to zakah as trade goods, or as livestock?
Answer:
No, they are subject to zakah as trade goods. If a person buys and sells camels, cows, or sheep, buying and selling these as trade goods, he pays zakah on them as trade goods, not as livestock. This is because he does not keep them for retention. Livestock kept for milk or breeding are kept, but these are not kept; he buys them and sells them, and they go right away. They are trade goods. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 032 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الزكاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:44)
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