Evading the zakah threshold by reducing the number of sheep
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Question:
He says: My question, Honorable Shaykh, is whether the nisab for sheep is forty? If a man deliberately keeps his sheep at thirty-nine to avoid paying the zakah on them, and he neither increases nor decreases the number, is his action permissible or is he sinful?
Answer:
If the lunar year of possession has passed and he has forty sheep, the zakah is obligatory on him, amounting to one sheep. If he reduces the number after the year has passed, the zakah is not waived for him. However, if he reduces the number below forty before the year is up in order to evade the zakah, this is not permissible for him to evade the zakah; it is forbidden for him. Yes.
He says: My question, Honorable Shaykh, is whether the nisab for sheep is forty? If a man deliberately keeps his sheep at thirty-nine to avoid paying the zakah on them, and he neither increases nor decreases the number, is his action permissible or is he sinful?
Answer:
If the lunar year of possession has passed and he has forty sheep, the zakah is obligatory on him, amounting to one sheep. If he reduces the number after the year has passed, the zakah is not waived for him. However, if he reduces the number below forty before the year is up in order to evade the zakah, this is not permissible for him to evade the zakah; it is forbidden for him. Yes.
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