Conditions for the Obligation of Zakah on Cattle and Sheep

Question:
May Allah reward you. From Jordan, the questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding animals, sheep and cattle, is zakah due on them? If they are kept for milk and breeding

Answer:
and they graze on grass for most of the lunar year, and a year has passed over them, then zakah becomes obligatory on them if they reach the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), provided these conditions are met. First, that they are for milk and breeding; if they are for trade, they have a different ruling. Second, that they have reached the nisab, and the nisab for camels differs from the nisab for cattle, which differs from the nisab for sheep. Third, that a hawl (lunar year of possession) is completed over them, meaning a year, so that zakah becomes obligatory on them. Yes. May Allah reward you. This questioner [says] fourth, that they must be sa'imah (grazing freely). Fourth, that they must be sa'imah, meaning grazing on pasture for most of the year or the entire year. Yes.