A person bought sheep with zakah money; is zakah obligatory on him?
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, a man has two hundred thousand riyals. Before the lunar year of possession (hawl) had passed, he bought sheep to raise them and sell their offspring, and he feeds them from his own money. Does he have to pay zakah on this money when the hawl passes along with the sheep, or is the zakah dropped because of the feeding?
Answer:
If the sheep are prepared for sale and raised for sale, then zakah is obligatory on their value, because they have become trade goods prepared for sale. So, if the hawl completes on the value for which he bought them, or if the hawl completes on the sheep themselves, he appraises them at what they are worth when the hawl is complete, and he pays out one-quarter of a tenth. Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, a man has two hundred thousand riyals. Before the lunar year of possession (hawl) had passed, he bought sheep to raise them and sell their offspring, and he feeds them from his own money. Does he have to pay zakah on this money when the hawl passes along with the sheep, or is the zakah dropped because of the feeding?
Answer:
If the sheep are prepared for sale and raised for sale, then zakah is obligatory on their value, because they have become trade goods prepared for sale. So, if the hawl completes on the value for which he bought them, or if the hawl completes on the sheep themselves, he appraises them at what they are worth when the hawl is complete, and he pays out one-quarter of a tenth. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7244- شخص اشترى بمال الزكاة غنماً فهل تجب عليه الزكاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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