The Ruling on the Zakah of Sheep When They Are Fed for Most of the Lunar Year
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Question:
Regarding the zakah of sheep—may Your Eminence the Shaykh be respected—many people do not pay the zakah on their sheep because they feed them for more than six months, and they say: "If they are fed for more than six months, zakah is not due on them." What is the correctness of this statement?
Answer:
If they are fed for most of the time and do not graze, there is no zakah on them. Zakah is due on camels, cattle, and sheep only if they graze for most of the lunar year, meaning they graze for the majority of the year. However, if they are kept in enclosures or yards, and one spends on them and feeds them for most of the year, then zakah is not obligatory on them unless they are kept for trade, for buying and selling. In that case, he pays zakah on them as zakah on currency, which is the zakah of trade, the zakah of goods. If they are in enclosures or houses and are fed for trade and sale, he pays the zakah of trade, which is one-quarter of one-tenth, the zakah of currency.
As for when they graze in the wilderness for most of the lunar year, he pays the zakah of livestock: one sheep for every forty sheep, two sheep for every one hundred and twenty-one sheep, and three sheep for every two hundred and one sheep, and then one sheep for every additional hundred, and so on. Similarly for camels: one sheep for every five camels, two sheep for every ten camels, three sheep for every fifteen camels, and four sheep for every twenty camels. And when the camels reach twenty-five—grazing—then a bint makhad (a female camel of one year) becomes obligatory on them, one that has completed one year of age.
The point is that this is well known, meaning: if they graze, there is zakah from themselves. The zakah of camels, cattle, and sheep is from themselves if they graze. However, if they are for buying and selling, and are fed rather than grazing for the purpose of buying and selling, then this is the zakah of currency, the zakah of goods. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
Regarding the zakah of sheep—may Your Eminence the Shaykh be respected—many people do not pay the zakah on their sheep because they feed them for more than six months, and they say: "If they are fed for more than six months, zakah is not due on them." What is the correctness of this statement?
Answer:
If they are fed for most of the time and do not graze, there is no zakah on them. Zakah is due on camels, cattle, and sheep only if they graze for most of the lunar year, meaning they graze for the majority of the year. However, if they are kept in enclosures or yards, and one spends on them and feeds them for most of the year, then zakah is not obligatory on them unless they are kept for trade, for buying and selling. In that case, he pays zakah on them as zakah on currency, which is the zakah of trade, the zakah of goods. If they are in enclosures or houses and are fed for trade and sale, he pays the zakah of trade, which is one-quarter of one-tenth, the zakah of currency.
As for when they graze in the wilderness for most of the lunar year, he pays the zakah of livestock: one sheep for every forty sheep, two sheep for every one hundred and twenty-one sheep, and three sheep for every two hundred and one sheep, and then one sheep for every additional hundred, and so on. Similarly for camels: one sheep for every five camels, two sheep for every ten camels, three sheep for every fifteen camels, and four sheep for every twenty camels. And when the camels reach twenty-five—grazing—then a bint makhad (a female camel of one year) becomes obligatory on them, one that has completed one year of age.
The point is that this is well known, meaning: if they graze, there is zakah from themselves. The zakah of camels, cattle, and sheep is from themselves if they graze. However, if they are for buying and selling, and are fed rather than grazing for the purpose of buying and selling, then this is the zakah of currency, the zakah of goods. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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