Is there zakah on milk cows when their owner has a debt?

Question : A questioner says: I am a farmer and I have more than sixty head of cattle, and the farm is on a share-cropping basis. The Shaykh clarifies in the colloquial dialect. He says: The farm is on a share-cropping basis, either one-third or two-thirds. And I tell you that I borrowed one hundred and fifty thousand riyals from my friend to buy a water pump. So, do I pay zakah on the cattle while I have this amount of debt?

Answer : Yes. First, the word "maqadhab" is considered unusual in the language for those who do not know our colloquial dialect. "Maqadhab" with us is what the jurists call musaqah. Musaqah is when a person gives his palm trees to someone to tend to them in exchange for a share of their fruit. What appears from the situation of this questioner is that these cattle are with him, and he feeds them. Cattle, sheep, or camels that are fed and are not for trade do not have zakah. Yes.