Discussion regarding the zakah of sheep.
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The Shaykh : All right, how many are due in four hundred sheep? Brother?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The sheep do not include any haqqa' (two-year-old she-camels) or any bint makhad (one-year-old she-camels) or ... .
The questioner : Four.
The Shaykh : Four sheep, are you sure? And how many in three hundred?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And how many in two hundred and one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Three sheep, all right, so what is the difference between two hundred and one and four hundred? The question, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Two hundred and ninety-eight?! How? From two hundred and one to four hundred is two hundred and ninety-eight! Be sure, one hundred and how many? Ninety-nine, correct? All right.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, my brothers, you have ninety-nine from one hundred to two hundred, and you have ninety-nine from three hundred to four hundred, yes, one hundred and ninety-eight.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... Yes?
The questioner :
The Shaykh : Four hundred? Yes.
The questioner : ... Four hundred and one.
The Shaykh : No, no, four hundred, all right, how many in two hundred camels? May Allah reward you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Two hundred camels? You see, this must be memorized; the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) of livestock must be memorized by the student because there is no consistent rule for it, all right, brother? Yes.
The questioner : Four haqqa' or five bint labun (two-year-old she-camels).
The Shaykh : Four haqqa' or five bint labun, why?
The questioner : ... For every forty there is a bint labun, and for every fifty there is a haqqa'.
The Shaykh : Well done, perfect, the choice is for whom, Zaki? Is the choice for the collector who takes the sadaqah (voluntary charity) from people, or for the giver?
The questioner : For the giver, because the wealth is his, and he has the right to dispose of his wealth.
The Shaykh : Yes, and because he is in debt, well done, perfect, all right, how many in thirty-nine sheep? Ahmad? Thirty-nine sheep.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because, yes, it has not reached the nisab, or did it fall short of the nisab?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It has not reached the nisab, all right, come on, 'Abdullah, fifteen cows and four camels?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And fifteen cows.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No one combines one with the other; is it not that the cow is for seven and the camel is for seven?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you agree with this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Fifteen cows, he says there is no zakah, and four camels, there is no zakah, all right, if they were trade goods?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is there zakah? But four camels have not reached the nisab.
The questioner : The zakah ... is by value ... .
The Shaykh : The respondent says there is zakah on four camels and fifteen cows, he says there is zakah if they are for trade, do you agree with this?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, you made a mistake; we must say that it reached the nisab, because perhaps the sheep is worth one riyal, the cow is worth one riyal, and the camel is worth one riyal, is that possible, yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Who said it is impossible? Is it impossible by reason, or by custom, or what?
The questioner : By custom.
The Shaykh : ... I recall that a sheep was once sold for two qirsh, yes, in a time past, correct, in a time past, people were afflicted with a hard time, and the Bedouins started bringing their livestock to sell it at very low prices, all right, a man has thirty horses, is there zakah on them?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : There is no zakah on them.
The questioner : Zakah is on livestock.
The Shaykh : On livestock, and horses?
The questioner : No, there is not ... .
The Shaykh : If someone asks, what is your evidence that there is no zakah on them?
The questioner : That Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, detailed the rulings for livestock.
The Shaykh : In which verse?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In which hadith?
The questioner : Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, and he mentioned sheep and cows in another hadith, all right, well done, and the original state is the presumption of original permissibility unless there is evidence, all right, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, even in his camel that is prepared for riding, there is nothing due.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The sheep do not include any haqqa' (two-year-old she-camels) or any bint makhad (one-year-old she-camels) or ... .
The questioner : Four.
The Shaykh : Four sheep, are you sure? And how many in three hundred?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And how many in two hundred and one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Three sheep, all right, so what is the difference between two hundred and one and four hundred? The question, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Two hundred and ninety-eight?! How? From two hundred and one to four hundred is two hundred and ninety-eight! Be sure, one hundred and how many? Ninety-nine, correct? All right.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, my brothers, you have ninety-nine from one hundred to two hundred, and you have ninety-nine from three hundred to four hundred, yes, one hundred and ninety-eight.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... Yes?
The questioner :
The Shaykh : Four hundred? Yes.
The questioner : ... Four hundred and one.
The Shaykh : No, no, four hundred, all right, how many in two hundred camels? May Allah reward you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Two hundred camels? You see, this must be memorized; the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) of livestock must be memorized by the student because there is no consistent rule for it, all right, brother? Yes.
The questioner : Four haqqa' or five bint labun (two-year-old she-camels).
The Shaykh : Four haqqa' or five bint labun, why?
The questioner : ... For every forty there is a bint labun, and for every fifty there is a haqqa'.
The Shaykh : Well done, perfect, the choice is for whom, Zaki? Is the choice for the collector who takes the sadaqah (voluntary charity) from people, or for the giver?
The questioner : For the giver, because the wealth is his, and he has the right to dispose of his wealth.
The Shaykh : Yes, and because he is in debt, well done, perfect, all right, how many in thirty-nine sheep? Ahmad? Thirty-nine sheep.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because, yes, it has not reached the nisab, or did it fall short of the nisab?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It has not reached the nisab, all right, come on, 'Abdullah, fifteen cows and four camels?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And fifteen cows.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No one combines one with the other; is it not that the cow is for seven and the camel is for seven?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you agree with this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Fifteen cows, he says there is no zakah, and four camels, there is no zakah, all right, if they were trade goods?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is there zakah? But four camels have not reached the nisab.
The questioner : The zakah ... is by value ... .
The Shaykh : The respondent says there is zakah on four camels and fifteen cows, he says there is zakah if they are for trade, do you agree with this?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, you made a mistake; we must say that it reached the nisab, because perhaps the sheep is worth one riyal, the cow is worth one riyal, and the camel is worth one riyal, is that possible, yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Who said it is impossible? Is it impossible by reason, or by custom, or what?
The questioner : By custom.
The Shaykh : ... I recall that a sheep was once sold for two qirsh, yes, in a time past, correct, in a time past, people were afflicted with a hard time, and the Bedouins started bringing their livestock to sell it at very low prices, all right, a man has thirty horses, is there zakah on them?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : There is no zakah on them.
The questioner : Zakah is on livestock.
The Shaykh : On livestock, and horses?
The questioner : No, there is not ... .
The Shaykh : If someone asks, what is your evidence that there is no zakah on them?
The questioner : That Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, detailed the rulings for livestock.
The Shaykh : In which verse?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In which hadith?
The questioner : Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, and he mentioned sheep and cows in another hadith, all right, well done, and the original state is the presumption of original permissibility unless there is evidence, all right, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, even in his camel that is prepared for riding, there is nothing due.