What is the amount of zakah on wealth?
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The questioner:
I have, and praise be to Allah, five hundred camels. I want to pay the zakah, so what is the amount?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
I have five hundred camels.
The Shaykh:
If they are for trade, to be bought and sold, you pay zakah on them as trade goods. You appraise them, or rather, you determine their value when the lunar year of possession is complete, and you pay zakah on their total value. But if they are for milk and offspring, and they are grazing in the desert on natural pasture, then the zakah collectors assess them and collect them from you. You give them to the collectors, yes, and they know the amount.
I have, and praise be to Allah, five hundred camels. I want to pay the zakah, so what is the amount?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
I have five hundred camels.
The Shaykh:
If they are for trade, to be bought and sold, you pay zakah on them as trade goods. You appraise them, or rather, you determine their value when the lunar year of possession is complete, and you pay zakah on their total value. But if they are for milk and offspring, and they are grazing in the desert on natural pasture, then the zakah collectors assess them and collect them from you. You give them to the collectors, yes, and they know the amount.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما مقدار زكاة المال؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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