With my father are thirty sheep, and my brother has ten sheep, and I have the same. Is zakah obligatory on us?

The questioner:
A letter arrived from Taiz in Yemen, sent by 'Abdullah Muhammad Qa'id. He says: To the lands of Islam and the landing place of the Muhammadan message, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, the Darb program. I am sending this letter containing some questions, among which he says: I have ten sheep, my brother has ten sheep, and my father has thirty sheep, and they are in my father's house, and we are under my father's care. So is it obligatory for us to pay zakah, even though I am advanced in age?

The Shaykh:
There is a distinction regarding these sheep. If these sheep are for trade, seeking profit by selling them, then they are subject to the zakah of trade goods, because they are valued at the end of the lunar year, and a quarter of a tenth is paid from their value if the estimated value reaches the nisab. Yes, which is approximately equivalent to 56 Saudi riyals in silver. However, if these sheep are for personal use, for milk, offspring, and keeping, then if they graze on open pasture for most of the lunar year, zakah is obligatory on them. And what you mentioned about them being divided among individuals, one having thirty and one having

The questioner:
ten and ten.

The Shaykh:
Ten and ten, that is fifty. In this, the zakah of mixed ownership applies.

The questioner:
Yes, yes.

The Shaykh:
Mixed ownership makes zakah obligatory if they are always gathered together, grazing together and spending the night in the same place, as if they were one wealth, and grazing for most of the lunar year. In this case, zakah is due by taking out one sheep on behalf of everyone. They share in this sheep equally, each according to his proportion of the sheep. Yes, for example, the owner of the thirty and the owner of the ten, and the owner, meaning the total is fifty, and fifty is shared among them equally according to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "And whatever is from two partners, they share in it equally," meaning according to their wealth. Each is obligated according to his ownership of this sheep. However, if they are fed from the expenses of these owners for most of the lunar year, there is no zakah on them as long as they are for offspring and strength, and they are fed for most of the lunar year. There is no zakah on them. Yes.

The questioner:
Meaning, not for trade.

The Shaykh:
Not for trade, and fed. Yes, if they are fed for most of the lunar year, there is no zakah. Yes, yes, not for trade, and they graze on open pasture for most of the lunar year. Yes, in this case there is zakah if it reaches the nisab. And here it has reached the nisab, which is forty sheep, but they are mixed. Each one does not have zakah on him if he were alone. If he were alone, if he were alone, if he were alone. But by their gathering in the grazing ground, the milking place, and the night resting place,

The questioner:
the zakah of mixed ownership applies to them.

The Shaykh:
For most of the year, the zakah of the two partners applies to them.