Ruling on the inclusion of young sheep in zakah

Question:
This questioner says: I work for one of the brothers, who has a number of sheep, and they have a number of young ones. He has reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah). He says: It is not permissible to pay zakah on these young sheep. So when does zakah become obligatory on young sheep?

Answer:
The young ones follow the nisab. The young ones are a follower if the nisab is a follower for them. So if there are forty sheep, whether young or old, and a lunar year has passed over them after they reached forty, he pays zakah with one sheep up to one hundred and twenty. If they reach one hundred and twenty-one, and a lunar year has passed over them, he pays zakah on them—both their young and old ones—with two sheep up to two hundred. If they reach two hundred and one, and a lunar year has passed over them, he pays zakah on them with three sheep, both their young and old ones. So the young ones follow the old ones.

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