Ruling on the Zakah of the Intervals
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Is there any zakah in the interval (al-waqf)—which is the amount between two thresholds? For example, we know that in five camels there is one sheep, up to ten, in which there are two sheep. So how much is due on seven camels? Likewise, in forty sheep there is one sheep. So how much is due on forty-one? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: There is nothing due in the interval—what is between the two thresholds. There is nothing in it except the obligation of the first threshold. So if a person has five camels, he owes one sheep, until the number reaches ten. If he has seven, eight, or nine, he owes only one sheep. When it reaches ten, he owes two sheep. Likewise, for sheep, when the number reaches forty, there is one sheep due, up to one hundred and twenty-one. If it is less than that, there is only one sheep due. In one hundred, there is one sheep; in fifty, there is one sheep; in sixty, there is one sheep. This interval does not... there is no increase in it, only one sheep.
And likewise, when it reaches one hundred and twenty-one, there are two sheep, up to two hundred, with no increase. So the long interval from one hundred and twenty-one to two hundred has nothing in it. When it reaches two hundred and one, there are three sheep due.
The point of this is that there is no additional amount due in the interval. Yes.
Answer: There is nothing due in the interval—what is between the two thresholds. There is nothing in it except the obligation of the first threshold. So if a person has five camels, he owes one sheep, until the number reaches ten. If he has seven, eight, or nine, he owes only one sheep. When it reaches ten, he owes two sheep. Likewise, for sheep, when the number reaches forty, there is one sheep due, up to one hundred and twenty-one. If it is less than that, there is only one sheep due. In one hundred, there is one sheep; in fifty, there is one sheep; in sixty, there is one sheep. This interval does not... there is no increase in it, only one sheep.
And likewise, when it reaches one hundred and twenty-one, there are two sheep, up to two hundred, with no increase. So the long interval from one hundred and twenty-one to two hundred has nothing in it. When it reaches two hundred and one, there are three sheep due.
The point of this is that there is no additional amount due in the interval. Yes.
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