Zakah on livestock that graze and are fed
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The questioner:
We also have Abdullah with us. Go ahead, Abdullah. Peace be upon you, Shaykh. And upon you be peace.
The Shaykh:
Should it be revealed?
The questioner:
I have livestock. They graze on the land, and I feed them, pay a worker’s wage, and pay for the water. I am a buyer on credit, and of course, I pay off the debt with the produce from them. May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
My brother, if these livestock graze on grass and vegetation for a lunar year or more of the lunar year, then the zakah on grazing livestock is obligatory on them once the lunar year has passed. However, if you feed them and spend on them for the entire lunar year or most of the lunar year, there is no zakah on them. But whatever you sell from them or from their offspring, you must pay zakah on its value once a lunar year has passed over it. Yes.
We also have Abdullah with us. Go ahead, Abdullah. Peace be upon you, Shaykh. And upon you be peace.
The Shaykh:
Should it be revealed?
The questioner:
I have livestock. They graze on the land, and I feed them, pay a worker’s wage, and pay for the water. I am a buyer on credit, and of course, I pay off the debt with the produce from them. May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
My brother, if these livestock graze on grass and vegetation for a lunar year or more of the lunar year, then the zakah on grazing livestock is obligatory on them once the lunar year has passed. However, if you feed them and spend on them for the entire lunar year or most of the lunar year, there is no zakah on them. But whatever you sell from them or from their offspring, you must pay zakah on its value once a lunar year has passed over it. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 27 / فتاوى على الهواء - 12 11 1434هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (43:23)
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