Grazing livestock.
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The Shaykh : The second is grazing livestock. Livestock consists of three types: camels, cattle, and sheep. These are also subject to zakah, but it is required that they be grazing, because of the hadith of Anas ibn Malik in the letter that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote regarding zakah, in which he said: "And in the grazing sheep". Likewise, in the grazing camels. So what is grazing livestock? Grazing livestock is that which grazes, as Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nahl 16:10] meaning, you graze your camels. So grazing livestock is that which grazes. Here there are two things: grazing livestock, which its owners release in the open to graze, and fed livestock, for which they bring feed. So which of the two types is subject to obligatory zakah? The grazing livestock. Now, does the grazing have to be for the entire lunar year or part of the lunar year? We say it must be grazing for the entire lunar year or most of it. If a person has camels that graze for most of the lunar year and he does not feed them, is there zakah in them or not? There is zakah in them.
Another man has camels for which he buys feed for most of the lunar year, and they graze for four months of the lunar year. Is there zakah in them or not? No, there is no zakah in them, because it is necessary that they be grazing for the lunar year or most of the lunar year. Now, these are two types of wealth.
and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].
ومنه شجر فيه تسيمونAnother man has camels for which he buys feed for most of the lunar year, and they graze for four months of the lunar year. Is there zakah in them or not? No, there is no zakah in them, because it is necessary that they be grazing for the lunar year or most of the lunar year. Now, these are two types of wealth.
