The ruling on zakah for camels prepared for trade
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Q: His Eminence the Shaykh, Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz, the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (may Allah preserve him)
Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings, and after that:
I am sending you this question and hope for a fatwa from you, and it is as follows:
I have a sheep business, and I had bought them on credit, so they multiplied with me and a lunar year has passed over them. Every year I pay their zakah. This year, their zakah was 5,700 riyals, and I have debts amounting to 3,700,000 riyals.
My total investments and business, excluding my house, do not cover this amount. However, if I include my house in the calculation, it covers this debt. So, is zakah obligatory on me or not? Please issue a ruling, may Allah reward you.
A: And upon you be peace, and Allah’s mercy and blessings, after that:
If the sheep are grazing for the entire year or most of it, the obligatory thing is to pay their zakah from them. If they reach forty head, one head is due in them, a one-year-old male sheep or a female goat, up to one hundred and twenty. If they exceed that by one, two head are obligatory, up to two hundred. If they exceed two hundred by one, three head are due. After that, it is one head for every hundred sheep.
As for if they are fed and not grazing, the obligatory thing is the zakah of their value, which is one-quarter of the tenth; because, in the state described, they are from trade goods, and the obligatory thing in them is one-quarter of the tenth of their value every year. If their value reaches four thousand, one hundred riyals are due in them, which is one-quarter of the tenth. If their value reaches forty thousand, I mean their value, one thousand is obligatory in them, which is one-quarter of the tenth, and so on. As for the debt mentioned that is upon you, it does not prevent the zakah of the sheep. We ask Allah to repay you and to help you with all good. And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom
Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz
Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings, and after that:
I am sending you this question and hope for a fatwa from you, and it is as follows:
I have a sheep business, and I had bought them on credit, so they multiplied with me and a lunar year has passed over them. Every year I pay their zakah. This year, their zakah was 5,700 riyals, and I have debts amounting to 3,700,000 riyals.
My total investments and business, excluding my house, do not cover this amount. However, if I include my house in the calculation, it covers this debt. So, is zakah obligatory on me or not? Please issue a ruling, may Allah reward you.
A: And upon you be peace, and Allah’s mercy and blessings, after that:
If the sheep are grazing for the entire year or most of it, the obligatory thing is to pay their zakah from them. If they reach forty head, one head is due in them, a one-year-old male sheep or a female goat, up to one hundred and twenty. If they exceed that by one, two head are obligatory, up to two hundred. If they exceed two hundred by one, three head are due. After that, it is one head for every hundred sheep.
As for if they are fed and not grazing, the obligatory thing is the zakah of their value, which is one-quarter of the tenth; because, in the state described, they are from trade goods, and the obligatory thing in them is one-quarter of the tenth of their value every year. If their value reaches four thousand, one hundred riyals are due in them, which is one-quarter of the tenth. If their value reaches forty thousand, I mean their value, one thousand is obligatory in them, which is one-quarter of the tenth, and so on. As for the debt mentioned that is upon you, it does not prevent the zakah of the sheep. We ask Allah to repay you and to help you with all good. And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom
Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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