The Ruling on the Zakah of Livestock Owned for Sale
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a message was received from one of the brothers. He says: A man owns three animals and intends to sell them in the future, but he has not offered them for sale yet. Are they considered trade goods, such that zakah becomes obligatory on them? Yes.
Answer:
If he intends to sell them, whether immediately or in the future, they are considered trade goods. Whenever a lunar year passes over them, he appraises them at their market value and pays zakah on them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a message was received from one of the brothers. He says: A man owns three animals and intends to sell them in the future, but he has not offered them for sale yet. Are they considered trade goods, such that zakah becomes obligatory on them? Yes.
Answer:
If he intends to sell them, whether immediately or in the future, they are considered trade goods. Whenever a lunar year passes over them, he appraises them at their market value and pays zakah on them. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/243 — archive.org (12:32)
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