Explanation of the author's statement: "Chapter: It is obligatory to pay one sheep from forty sheep, two sheep from one hundred and twenty-one, and three sheep from two hundred and one, and then one sheep from every hundred..."
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The Shaykh : All right, sheep, and this is our new lesson tonight, if Allah wills. He said "Chapter: It is obligatory to pay one sheep from forty sheep". The sheep is the subject of "obligatory." "One sheep from forty sheep". So, if he pays it and the lunar year passes, and it does not increase but remains at thirty-nine sheep, then there is nothing due on it because it has fallen below the nisab. Thus, the minimum nisab for sheep is forty sheep, and the obligatory amount is one sheep. And from one hundred and twenty-one, it is two sheep. What is the gap?
The questioner : Eighty.
The Shaykh : Eighty. There is nothing due on eighty sheep. From forty sheep, it is one sheep. From one hundred and twenty sheep, it is one sheep. Glory be to Allah, there is nothing due on eighty sheep, and this is part of the facilitation of the Shari'ah. If Allah has made it easy for us, then praise be to Allah. And from two hundred and one, it is three sheep. What is the gap?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : One hundred and twenty-one. Between one hundred and twenty-one and two hundred and one is eighty. Thus, the gap is like the gap in the first case. The gap in the second case is like the gap in the first case: eighty. All right, then "one sheep from every hundred" means that if it exceeds two hundred and one, it is one sheep from every hundred. The obligation has settled. How much is due on three hundred? Three sheep. On three hundred and ninety-nine? Three sheep. Correct? Because the fourth hundred is not complete. And if the second obligation is not reached, the first obligation is applied. What is the gap from two hundred and one to three hundred and ninety-nine?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, how much is due on two hundred and one?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. On three hundred, three sheep. On three hundred and ninety-nine, three sheep. Thus, the gap from two hundred and one to three hundred and ninety-nine, how much is it?
The questioner : One hundred and ninety-nine.
The Shaykh : One hundred and ninety-nine? One hundred and ninety-eight. No, one hundred and ninety-eight. Yes, one hundred and ninety-eight, because between two hundred and one and four hundred is one hundred and ninety-eight. All right, this means the largest gap found in sheep is between the obligation of two hundred and one and four hundred. Is that clear, everyone, or is there a problem? All right, O Allah, open our understanding. How much is due on two hundred and one?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. Then, one sheep from every hundred if it exceeds two hundred and one. How much is due on three hundred?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : On four hundred?
The questioner : Four sheep.
The Shaykh : Four sheep. Is this clear or not? On three hundred and ninety-nine?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. Why? Because we say that if we do not reach the obligation, we follow the obligation before it, as we said regarding nineteen camels. How much is due on them?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. And fifteen?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Twenty?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Four. The point is, whenever you fall short of the second obligation, you follow the first obligation. On two hundred and one, three sheep. On three hundred, three sheep. On three hundred and ninety-nine, three sheep. All right, five hundred?
The questioner : Five sheep.
The Shaykh : And one thousand?
The questioner : Ten.
The Shaykh : ... All right, there is no problem. Yes?
The questioner : On two hundred and one, three sheep.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : On three hundred and one ... three hundred, that's it.
The Shaykh : Except that it is one sheep from every hundred, meaning after exceeding two hundred and one, it is one sheep from every hundred.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It becomes four sheep.
The Shaykh : No, you only have three hundred.
The questioner : On two hundred and one.
The Shaykh : It is not one from every hundred after two hundred; no, it is one from every independent hundred. Is that clear, everyone? All right, so if Allah wills, there is no problem. The zakah of livestock ... there is no problem with it. The problem is that you do not memorize the amounts of the obligations. If you memorize the amounts of the obligations, it is easy for you. Which is the shortest?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, cows only have two obligations: thirty and forty. So they are the shortest. Yes.
He said "and then one sheep from every hundred".
The questioner : Eighty.
The Shaykh : Eighty. There is nothing due on eighty sheep. From forty sheep, it is one sheep. From one hundred and twenty sheep, it is one sheep. Glory be to Allah, there is nothing due on eighty sheep, and this is part of the facilitation of the Shari'ah. If Allah has made it easy for us, then praise be to Allah. And from two hundred and one, it is three sheep. What is the gap?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : One hundred and twenty-one. Between one hundred and twenty-one and two hundred and one is eighty. Thus, the gap is like the gap in the first case. The gap in the second case is like the gap in the first case: eighty. All right, then "one sheep from every hundred" means that if it exceeds two hundred and one, it is one sheep from every hundred. The obligation has settled. How much is due on three hundred? Three sheep. On three hundred and ninety-nine? Three sheep. Correct? Because the fourth hundred is not complete. And if the second obligation is not reached, the first obligation is applied. What is the gap from two hundred and one to three hundred and ninety-nine?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, how much is due on two hundred and one?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. On three hundred, three sheep. On three hundred and ninety-nine, three sheep. Thus, the gap from two hundred and one to three hundred and ninety-nine, how much is it?
The questioner : One hundred and ninety-nine.
The Shaykh : One hundred and ninety-nine? One hundred and ninety-eight. No, one hundred and ninety-eight. Yes, one hundred and ninety-eight, because between two hundred and one and four hundred is one hundred and ninety-eight. All right, this means the largest gap found in sheep is between the obligation of two hundred and one and four hundred. Is that clear, everyone, or is there a problem? All right, O Allah, open our understanding. How much is due on two hundred and one?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. Then, one sheep from every hundred if it exceeds two hundred and one. How much is due on three hundred?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : On four hundred?
The questioner : Four sheep.
The Shaykh : Four sheep. Is this clear or not? On three hundred and ninety-nine?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. Why? Because we say that if we do not reach the obligation, we follow the obligation before it, as we said regarding nineteen camels. How much is due on them?
The questioner : Three sheep.
The Shaykh : Three sheep. And fifteen?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Twenty?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Four. The point is, whenever you fall short of the second obligation, you follow the first obligation. On two hundred and one, three sheep. On three hundred, three sheep. On three hundred and ninety-nine, three sheep. All right, five hundred?
The questioner : Five sheep.
The Shaykh : And one thousand?
The questioner : Ten.
The Shaykh : ... All right, there is no problem. Yes?
The questioner : On two hundred and one, three sheep.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : On three hundred and one ... three hundred, that's it.
The Shaykh : Except that it is one sheep from every hundred, meaning after exceeding two hundred and one, it is one sheep from every hundred.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It becomes four sheep.
The Shaykh : No, you only have three hundred.
The questioner : On two hundred and one.
The Shaykh : It is not one from every hundred after two hundred; no, it is one from every independent hundred. Is that clear, everyone? All right, so if Allah wills, there is no problem. The zakah of livestock ... there is no problem with it. The problem is that you do not memorize the amounts of the obligations. If you memorize the amounts of the obligations, it is easy for you. Which is the shortest?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, cows only have two obligations: thirty and forty. So they are the shortest. Yes.
He said "and then one sheep from every hundred".