ZAKAAT ON LIVESTOCK

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Jumuat. 16th day of Ramadhan, 1444AH (Friday 7th April, 2023). *_ZAKAAT ON LIVESTOCK_*. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.

Before we move to livestock, let me clarify from the Reminder of yesterday that, if you can't be bothered to check how much 85grams of gold is worth to determine if your savings are enough to pay zakaat, just ignore that and check how much you have in savings or how much you are worth then pay 2.5% to the poor or needy. If your savings are not up to the required amount and you still pay 2.5% to the poor, you get rewarded as sadaqah anyway. ALLAH knows best. 

Zakaat is obligatory on livestock such as camels, cattle, sheeps and goat if they are tended to for a year or more, freely grazing in a pasture land or vacant open lands. If thier amount reach the nisab(minimum required) and are in ones possession for a whole year, one pay zakaat on them if they were held for the purpose of milking and reproduction.

The amount to be paid for sheep and goat are as follows:

* The minimum nisaab below which one is not required to pay no zakat is forty (40) sheeps or goats.

Number of Sheep/Goat zakaat to be paid. 40 to 120 is One Sheep/Goat. 121 to 200 is 2. 201 to 300 Three. For every additional 100 One additional Sheep or Goat.

Number of cattle zakaat to be paid. 30 to 39 . A young bull or Cow of One year old. 40 to 59 . A young Cow of Two year old. 60 Two young Cows of One year old. For an additional 30 , A young Cow of One year old (that is for 90 cattles then you pay Three one year old cow and for 120 you pay 4 one year cow and so on). For an additional 40 , Two young Cows of One year old (That is for 80 cattles you pay two cows of two years old and so on). 

The amount to be paid for Camels with five being the minimum nisaab below which one is not required to pay no zakat.

Number Of Camels Zakaat to be payed. 5 to 9 A Sheep. 10 to 14 Two Sheep. 15 to 19 Three Sheep

20 to 24 Four Sheep. 25 to 35 A she-Camel which is One year old

36 to 45 A she-Camel which is Two years old. 46 to 60 A she-Camel which is Three years old 71 to 75 

A Four years old. 76 to 90 Two young she-Camels 91 to 120 Two three year old camels. 121 Three young she-camels. For every additional forty a young she-camel is due And for additional 50 Three years old she camel is due

If the livestock (camel,cattle sheep and goat) are for trade and investment and they are owned for one year, then 2.5% of there value will be given as zakaat.

But if they are not for trade then there is no such zakaat. When paying zakat only female animals are acceptable. A male is not sufficient except in the case of cattle or when given a camel which is a year or two years or three years old instead of a she-camel Or if all the livestock are male. 

Please note that, all these are summarised from a collection of authentic scholarly books such as "The Book of Zakat (Tafheem-us-sunnah series-8) by M Iqbal Kailani, Also Fiqh az Zakat by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qardawi etc based on the Qur'an and Sunnah. You can research on all these to add to your knowledge in shaa ALLAH. *_May ALLAH increase us in beneficial knowledge_*. Aameen.