The zakah of livestock is paid from the animals themselves, not from their value
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The questioner:
The minimum of this in livestock today.
The Shaykh:
And the more difficult position is that he pays the zakah from a portion of the animals themselves, without looking at their value. If they are grazing freely, he pays the zakah from a portion of them, for example, in twenty-five camels, a middle-aged bint makhdh. It is not said that he is required to pay gold or camels by their value; no, he pays from them only, and that is sufficient. Likewise, for the rest of the camels, cattle, and sheep, he pays from the animals themselves, and he is not required to pay by their value. This is the witness of the hadith. There is no hadith about seeds; there is no harm in that. The witness of the hadith is a date.
The presenter:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
The seed of the jacket is with you. No, my dear, Amr, Mashal, I am sitting. Only according to the count. Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The minimum of this in livestock today.
The Shaykh:
And the more difficult position is that he pays the zakah from a portion of the animals themselves, without looking at their value. If they are grazing freely, he pays the zakah from a portion of them, for example, in twenty-five camels, a middle-aged bint makhdh. It is not said that he is required to pay gold or camels by their value; no, he pays from them only, and that is sufficient. Likewise, for the rest of the camels, cattle, and sheep, he pays from the animals themselves, and he is not required to pay by their value. This is the witness of the hadith. There is no hadith about seeds; there is no harm in that. The witness of the hadith is a date.
The presenter:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
The seed of the jacket is with you. No, my dear, Amr, Mashal, I am sitting. Only according to the count. Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب صدقة الفطر — islamhouse.com (2:33)
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