LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *ZAKAT (Episode 3)

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AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                              *ZAKAT (Episode 3)                                                                                                                                                   

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Whoever has no more than four camels does not have to pay zakat on them unless their owner wants to give. If the number reaches five camels, then one sheep is due…”

▫️– The nisaab for cattle is thirty, according to the majority of scholars, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “For thirty cattle a tabee’ or tabee’ah is due, and for every forty a musinnah.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 622; Ibn Maajah, 1804; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
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The tabee’ (male) or tabee’ah (female) is a bovine that is one year old and has entered its second year. It is so called because it follows (yatba’) its mother.
The musinnah is that which is two years old.

▫️– The nisaab for sheep is forty, according to scholarly consensus, for which one sheep is due, because of the hadeeth narrated by Anas: “The zakat for sheep in the pasture: If the number is forty up to one hundred and twenty, one sheep is due. If there are more than one hundred and twenty, up to two hundred, then two sheep are due.
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If there are more than two hundred, up to three hundred, then three sheep are due. If there are more than three hundred, then for every hundred, one sheep is due. And if the flock of a man is less than forty sheep, then no zakat is due unless he wants to give (charity).”

The majority of fuqaha’ stipulated that in order for zakat on an’aam animals to be obligatory, they must be in the pasture, i.e., they graze in the pasture for most of the year. As for those which are given feed, no zakat is due on them unless they are for trade.
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The evidence that their being pastured is a condition of zakat is to be found in the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him): “The zakat on sheep in the pasture…”

See al-Mughni, 2/230-243

It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (9/202): The scholars are unanimously agreed that zakat is obligatory in the case of grazing camels, cattle and sheep, if their number reaches the nisaab. The minimum number (nisaab) in the case of camels is five, in the case of cattle is thirty and in the case of sheep is forty.
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Grazing animals are those that eat grass etc in the pasture, unlike those that are given feed and working animals that are used for carrying loads. The scholars differed as to whether zakat is due on animals that are given feed and working animals. The majority of scholars are of the view that no zakat is due on them because of the report narrated by Ahmad, al-Nasaa’i and Abu Dawood from Bahz ibn Hakeem, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say:
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“For grazing camels, for every forty a bint laboon…” So the obligation to pay zakat is limited to camels that are grazing, and it is not required in the case of those that are given feed. As for working camels, there is the hadeeth of ‘Ali (may Allāh be pleased with him): “There is no zakat on working animals”.
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*Zakat on Farm Produce*

The rate of zakat to be given on crops and fruit varies according to the method of irrigation. If it is irrigated without any expenses, such as if it is irrigated by rainwater or springs, then the rate is one tenth. If it is irrigated with expenses, such as if it requires mechanical means of lifting up the water, then the rate is one half of one tenth. It is not obligatory to give zakat on grains and fruits unless they reach the minimum threshold (nisaab), which is five wasqs.
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A wasq is sixty saa‘, and a saa‘ is four mudds, and the mudd is what may be held in the cupped hands of a man of average build.

Muslim (979) narrated from Abu Sa‘eed al-Khudri (may Allāh be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allāh (blessings and peace of Allāh be upon him) said: “There is no zakat due on grains or dates unless they reach five wasqs”. If the land is irrigated sometimes by rainfall and sometimes by mechanical means, then three quarters of one tenth must be paid on the harvest.
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This is the midpoint between the one tenth that must be paid on that which is irrigated without extra expenses, and half of one tenth which must be paid on that which is irrigated by mechanical means and at extra cost.

This applies if the land is irrigated by rainfall, and sometimes by mechanical means, equally.  But if it is not half and half, and one is done more than the other, and it cannot be worked out which is more, then reference should be made to whichever is more beneficial to the crop.
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When there is no certainty as to which is more beneficial, the rate is one tenth. In other words, if they vary and we do not know which is more beneficial, then the rate is to be regarded as one tenth, because that is more on the safe side and is more likely to discharge one’s duty. Whatever is more on the safe side is preferable.
Ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘ (6/78)
With regard to how zakat is to be paid – should it be from the harvest or should it be the equivalent value of what is due from the harvest? – what is required is to give zakat from the harvest itself, before it is sold, whether that is the zakat of the owner of the land or of the one who works on the land.
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*Who are entitled to receive Zakat?*


There are eight categories on which zakat must be spent, which Allāh has explained clearly in the Qur'an. He states that this is a duty imposed by Allāh and that it is based on knowledge and wisdom.

The eight categories are:
▫️. The poor;
▫️. The needy;
▫️. Those employed to collect and distribute Zakat funds;
▫️. Those who are inclined towards Islam or to attract people to Islam;
▫️. For freeing captives or slaves;.
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▫️. Those in debt and cannot pay;
▫️. Spending on Allah's cause and to spread the message of Allāh, Jihad etc;
▫️. The stranded traveller.

Allāh, may He be exalted, says:
“As-Sadaqaat (Zakat funds) are only for the Fuqaraa’ (poor), and Al‑Masaakeen (the needy) and those employed to collect (the funds); and to attract the hearts of those who have been inclined (towards Islam); and to free the captives; and for those in debt; and for Allah’s Cause, and for the wayfarer (a traveller who is cut off from everything); a duty imposed by Allāh. And Allāh is All-Knower, All-Wise”
[al-Tawbah 9:60]
These eight are the categories who are entitled to zakat and to whom it must be paid.

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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an laaila Ilan Anta astagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. *We shall conclude tomorrow on this same topic in sha Allah*. Questions, problems and complaints on this program are welcome privately*. May HE strengthen and make us steadfast in faith.

May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...AMIN.