Conditions Necessitating Zakah on Cattle

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Conditions Necessitating Zakah on Cattle

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1. Lapse of a full year while the animals are with the owner due to the Prophet’s statement ﷺ: “There is no Zakah on any property until a year lapses.”[3]

2. It must be grazed livestock. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Of grazed camels, out of every forty camels a she-camel that is two years old is to be paid.”[4].A grazed camel is that which is fed by eating from plants of the earth and permissible grass i.e. that which grows by Allah’s command without being cultivated by anybody. However, if it feeds on cultivated crops; then it is not regarded as a grazed camel and Zakah is not due on it.

3. It must be kept for some benefit, either from its milk or offspring, and not used as a working camel. A working camel is that which is employed by its owner to till or irrigate the land, carry goods or lift loads.

Zakah is not payable on a working camel, because–in such a case–they are counted as part of the basic needs of man, like clothing. However, when it is rented / hired to people; Zakah is due on whatever rent is derived from it, after a year has lapsed on it.

1. The cattle must attain the Nisab prescribed by shar’iah.

The Prescribed Nisab for Cattle

Firstly; Nisabs of camels and the measure of what is obligatory to be paid from each Nisab.

On the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abu Bakr wrote to him: “This is the obligation of sadaqah (Zakah) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed for the Muslims, upon the orders which Allah gave His Messenger. For every 24 camels or less, the Zakah to be paid is from ghanam (goats and sheep) – for every 5 (of them), a sheep / goat is paid. 25 to 35 camels, a she Bint Makhad [5] that is female is paid. When the amount reaches 36 to 45 a she Bint Labun [6] is paid. For every 46 to 60 camels, a she Hiqqah [7], which is a malleable camel, is paid. which is a malleable camel. Furthermore when the number reaches 61 to 75, a she Jaza’ah [8] is paid. The one who possesses only four camels is not liable for the payment of sadaqah, except should the owner of the herd wish otherwise. However, when this number becomes five camels, a sheep / goat must be paid.”[9]