Discussion regarding the conditions for the zakah of livestock.
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The Shaykh : Is this correct?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, very well. First, regarding the zakah of livestock, if we know the conditions, the rest becomes easy for us. It is required, yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, this is after that. Livestock must be grazing. First, it must be from the livestock of the animals, which are camels, cattle, and sheep. Any other animals do not have zakah on them unless they are prepared for trade, in which case they become merchandise for trade. Do you understand? Very well, a man has one hundred donkeys?
The questioner : He owes no zakah.
The Shaykh : He owes no zakah unless they are for trade, right? He has one hundred mules?
The questioner : There is no zakah on them.
The Shaykh : There is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. He has one hundred horses? There is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. It is necessary that they be from the livestock of the animals. This is a condition.
The second condition is that they be grazing, meaning they graze on what is permitted, not on what is cultivated, not on what is mowed, and not on what is bought. They graze on what Allah the Mighty and Majestic has grown, for the entire year or most of it.
The third condition is that they be kept for milk and offspring, meaning he has taken them for their offspring, not for trading in them. As is found among the Bedouin, they keep them for milk and offspring, and whatever exceeds their need they sell. This does not harm. It is not said that this is trade; it is development. But whatever exceeds his need is sold. If we know these three conditions, then this is the grazing livestock on which zakah is obligatory.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, very well. First, regarding the zakah of livestock, if we know the conditions, the rest becomes easy for us. It is required, yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, this is after that. Livestock must be grazing. First, it must be from the livestock of the animals, which are camels, cattle, and sheep. Any other animals do not have zakah on them unless they are prepared for trade, in which case they become merchandise for trade. Do you understand? Very well, a man has one hundred donkeys?
The questioner : He owes no zakah.
The Shaykh : He owes no zakah unless they are for trade, right? He has one hundred mules?
The questioner : There is no zakah on them.
The Shaykh : There is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. He has one hundred horses? There is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. It is necessary that they be from the livestock of the animals. This is a condition.
The second condition is that they be grazing, meaning they graze on what is permitted, not on what is cultivated, not on what is mowed, and not on what is bought. They graze on what Allah the Mighty and Majestic has grown, for the entire year or most of it.
The third condition is that they be kept for milk and offspring, meaning he has taken them for their offspring, not for trading in them. As is found among the Bedouin, they keep them for milk and offspring, and whatever exceeds their need they sell. This does not harm. It is not said that this is trade; it is development. But whatever exceeds his need is sold. If we know these three conditions, then this is the grazing livestock on which zakah is obligatory.