The ruling on delaying the payment of zakah in order to wait for the collector

Question:
May Allah reward you. We return to the phone calls and take a call from Abu Mashari from al-Ta'if. Go ahead, my brother Abu Mashari. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. My brother, peace be upon you. I have five and twelve [sheep] and their zakah became due on the fifth and twelfth of the month, which is what is due from us, but I do not know; the collector does not appear until the seventh month, so I do not know when I should pay the zakah. Do I wait until the collector appears, or do I pay it now?

Answer:
If you have sheep in which zakah is obligatory because they reach the nisab (minimum threshold) and they are grazing, meaning they graze for the lunar year or most of it and you do not feed them, then you wait for the collector as long as a collector comes; you wait and pay him the zakah. But if there is no collector and the lunar year has passed over them, then you pay out their zakah and give it to those who are entitled to it. Yes.