A man has five camels and owns nothing else; is he required to pay zakah if selling them would reduce his wealth?
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The questioner:
A man has five camels and owns nothing else. A lunar year has passed, and he wants to pay the zakah, but if he sells them, his wealth will decrease. What should he do?
The Shaykh:
If these camels are kept for personal use, for milk and offspring, and they graze in the open, meaning on permissible pasture, grazing for most of the lunar year, then zakah is obligatory on them. These are called sa'imah, meaning grazing camels, which graze for most of the lunar year. For five camels, the zakah is one sheep. He buys a sheep and pays it as the zakah for them. He does not pay from the camels themselves, but rather pays one sheep for them.
The presenter:
By doing so, he has fulfilled the zakah on them.
The Shaykh:
This is the obligatory amount. This is the obligatory amount: one sheep for every five camels. Yes.
A man has five camels and owns nothing else. A lunar year has passed, and he wants to pay the zakah, but if he sells them, his wealth will decrease. What should he do?
The Shaykh:
If these camels are kept for personal use, for milk and offspring, and they graze in the open, meaning on permissible pasture, grazing for most of the lunar year, then zakah is obligatory on them. These are called sa'imah, meaning grazing camels, which graze for most of the lunar year. For five camels, the zakah is one sheep. He buys a sheep and pays it as the zakah for them. He does not pay from the camels themselves, but rather pays one sheep for them.
The presenter:
By doing so, he has fulfilled the zakah on them.
The Shaykh:
This is the obligatory amount. This is the obligatory amount: one sheep for every five camels. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، رجل عنده خمس من الإبل ولم يملك غيرها، هل عليه زكاة حيث إذا باع نقص المال؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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