If cattle are kept for the purpose of selling milk, is zakah due on them?

The questioner : If they are ... kept.

The Shaykh : If it is what?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : There is no zakah on them.

The questioner : For sale ... .

The Shaykh : The milk kept for sale, or is it?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : It does not matter; there is no zakah on them.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : There is no zakah on the cattle themselves, but if the milk reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) and a lunar year of possession has passed over it, then zakah becomes obligatory on it.

The questioner : On its value?

The Shaykh : The milk? On its value or from the milk itself, there is no harm, yes.