The zakah of mixed livestock, and the ruling on one partner paying the zakah on behalf of the other
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Your Eminence! In the case of two partners in livestock, if the one paying the zakah takes it from the wealth of one of them, what is the position of the other with regard to the first?
If the one paying the zakah takes it from the wealth of one of the partners, he has a claim against the other for the portion of this zakah that is due from him.For example: If one has forty animals and the other has twenty, he has a claim against him for one-third if the owner of the forty is the one who paid it, and he has a claim against him for two-thirds if it was taken from the wealth of the owner of the twenty; because mixed wealth is like a single wealth.
Question: Your Eminence, if there are two partners and one of them volunteers to pay the zakah on behalf of the other, what is the ruling for the other? Does he have to pay zakah, or does he not pay any zakah?Answer: If the second partner approves of the transaction of his partner, there is nothing wrong with it, especially if the obligatory amount in the zakah is a single item,For example: a single sheep that cannot be divided. However, if the obligatory amount is two sheep and their wealth is equal, we might say in this case: wait in order to pay your own zakah, and let your partner pay his own zakah. And with this, we say: if the owner approves of it, there is nothing wrong with it.
If the one paying the zakah takes it from the wealth of one of the partners, he has a claim against the other for the portion of this zakah that is due from him.For example: If one has forty animals and the other has twenty, he has a claim against him for one-third if the owner of the forty is the one who paid it, and he has a claim against him for two-thirds if it was taken from the wealth of the owner of the twenty; because mixed wealth is like a single wealth.
Question: Your Eminence, if there are two partners and one of them volunteers to pay the zakah on behalf of the other, what is the ruling for the other? Does he have to pay zakah, or does he not pay any zakah?Answer: If the second partner approves of the transaction of his partner, there is nothing wrong with it, especially if the obligatory amount in the zakah is a single item,For example: a single sheep that cannot be divided. However, if the obligatory amount is two sheep and their wealth is equal, we might say in this case: wait in order to pay your own zakah, and let your partner pay his own zakah. And with this, we say: if the owner approves of it, there is nothing wrong with it.