Explanation of the Rulings on the Zakah of Livestock
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Question:
This questioner (A. A.) from the Arab Republic of Egypt says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! I have a group of sheep, cows, and camels. Is zakah obligatory on them?
Answer:
This requires detail: If the camels, cows, or sheep are grazing, and have reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), then you must pay their zakah. The minimum nisab for camels is five head of camels, for cows it is thirty, and for sheep it is forty. If they reach the nisab in your possession, and are grazing for the entire year, or for most of the year, or the majority of the year, then zakah becomes obligatory on you.
As for if the camels are fewer than five, or the cows fewer than thirty, or the sheep fewer than forty, then there is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. If they are for buying and selling, for trade, then they become trade goods, and you pay zakah on them as trade zakah.
If you have some camels fewer than five, but they are for trade, for buying and selling, or cows fewer than thirty, but for buying and selling, or sheep fewer than forty, but for buying and selling, then you pay trade zakah on them if their value reaches the nisab of gold or silver. But if they are not for trade, if they are not for trading, then two conditions are necessary: reaching the nisab, and that they be grazing. If they are for keeping, for milk, and for offspring, then they must be at the nisab: five camels or more, thirty cows or more, and forty sheep or more, and they must be grazing.
But if they are not grazing, if they are fed, if they do not graze in the yard, if you feed them, and they are not for trade, but for keeping and offspring, then you do not owe zakah except with the two conditions: that they be grazing for the entire lunar year, or most of it, and that they reach the nisab.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, Your Eminence.
This questioner (A. A.) from the Arab Republic of Egypt says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! I have a group of sheep, cows, and camels. Is zakah obligatory on them?
Answer:
This requires detail: If the camels, cows, or sheep are grazing, and have reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), then you must pay their zakah. The minimum nisab for camels is five head of camels, for cows it is thirty, and for sheep it is forty. If they reach the nisab in your possession, and are grazing for the entire year, or for most of the year, or the majority of the year, then zakah becomes obligatory on you.
As for if the camels are fewer than five, or the cows fewer than thirty, or the sheep fewer than forty, then there is no zakah on them unless they are for trade. If they are for buying and selling, for trade, then they become trade goods, and you pay zakah on them as trade zakah.
If you have some camels fewer than five, but they are for trade, for buying and selling, or cows fewer than thirty, but for buying and selling, or sheep fewer than forty, but for buying and selling, then you pay trade zakah on them if their value reaches the nisab of gold or silver. But if they are not for trade, if they are not for trading, then two conditions are necessary: reaching the nisab, and that they be grazing. If they are for keeping, for milk, and for offspring, then they must be at the nisab: five camels or more, thirty cows or more, and forty sheep or more, and they must be grazing.
But if they are not grazing, if they are fed, if they do not graze in the yard, if you feed them, and they are not for trade, but for keeping and offspring, then you do not owe zakah except with the two conditions: that they be grazing for the entire lunar year, or most of it, and that they reach the nisab.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, Your Eminence.
Source
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