Zakah on sheep designated for feed or sale
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This shepherd says: I have a group of sheep, and most of the time I feed them. As for the zakah on these sheep, how is it performed? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
If you want these sheep to be grazing, they have one ruling; if you want them for sale, they have another. If you want them to be grazing and they graze on permissible pasture for a lunar year or most of it, then zakah is obligatory on them. However, if you are feeding them while you intend to keep them, and you feed them for a lunar year or most of it, there is no zakah on them, unless you intend to sell them. In that case, they become trade goods, so you appraise them at their value and pay zakah on them. Or, if you sell them, you pay zakah on their value. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. This shepherd says: I have a group of sheep, and most of the time I feed them. As for the zakah on these sheep, how is it performed? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
If you want these sheep to be grazing, they have one ruling; if you want them for sale, they have another. If you want them to be grazing and they graze on permissible pasture for a lunar year or most of it, then zakah is obligatory on them. However, if you are feeding them while you intend to keep them, and you feed them for a lunar year or most of it, there is no zakah on them, unless you intend to sell them. In that case, they become trade goods, so you appraise them at their value and pay zakah on them. Or, if you sell them, you pay zakah on their value. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب 17-01-1439هـ ح1 — af.org.sa (11:52)
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