The Ruling on Zakah in Livestock That Are Not Grazing

The questioner : Honorable Shaykh. If they have salaries from their work,

The Shaykh : regarding zakah, they are not to be given from the zakah. However, if they have salaries from other jobs and are appointed to work in the zakah department, they may take from it. Yes.

The questioner : He also asks: It is known that the Bedouins nowadays feed their livestock and leave them in the desert. Is there zakah on them or not?

The Shaykh : If livestock are not grazing, there is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. For example, the livestock of the Bedouins: if they feed them all year or most of the year, and it is not for trade but for breeding, then there is no zakah on them, even if they reach hundreds of heads. For instance, if a man has one hundred camels and he tends to them, but he is not one of those who trade in camels, rather he is one of those who keep them and breed them, then there is no zakah on his camels because they are not grazing. However, if he is one of those who trade in camels, buying and selling them, then he owes zakah even if he has only one camel, provided its value reaches the nisab.