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a. graze on the open veldt for the greater part of the year and are not stall fed;
b. are kept for milk, breeding or fattening. Such animals are termed 'Saa'imah'.
2. Zakat on Saa'imah animals is calculated on number and not value therefore stud or
thoroughbred animals and crossbred animals are treated alike for Zakat purposes.
3. Where animals are kept for trade, Zakat will be calculated and given as is done in
commercial establishments. (i.e. on the monetary value of each animal) The Nisaab is the
same as that of trading.
4. If one has a mixed flock of goats and sheep and the number of each kind individually
makes Zakat applicable then the Zakat of each respective group will be given from its own
kind.
5. When the number of each type of animal individually does not make Zakat binding, but
the total of both kinds does amount to the Nisaab then Zakat will be given from the type
of animal that is greater in number.
6. If both kinds are equal in number, one has the option of choosing the Zakat animal from
whichever kind he desires. It must be noted that the Zakat animal should be of a good
quality.
ANIMALS ON WHICH ZAKAAT IS NOT FARZ.
1. Animals that are stall fed for six months of the year and then left to graze on the veld for
the remainder of the year are not Saa'imah and thus no Zakat will be liable on their
owner.
2. There is no Zakat payable on animals which are reared for riding, or for drought purpose
or for one's own use or consumption.
3. There is no Zakat on wild game.
4. There is no Zakat on horses, donkeys and mules if they are not for trade.
5. There is no Zakat on a herd which consists of calves only i.e. until they reach a capable
age of breeding. If such a herd has one animal that could be used for breeding, then
Zakat will have to be given on all of them. In this case that particular full grown animal
will have to be given as Zakat. If this animal which is capable of breeding dies, then Zakat
will still be necessary on the rest of the herd of calves.
6. Zakat is not applicable on sheep that are less than twelve months old.
NISAAB AND RATE OF ZAKAAT.
The amount of wealth which makes one liable for Zakat is called Nisaab.
The payment of Zakat is compulsory on the excess wealth or assets which is equal to/or
exceeds the value of Nisaab, and which is possessed for a full Islamic year. If such
wealth decreases during the course of the year, and it increases again to the value of
Nisaab before the end of the year, the Zakat then must be calculated on the full amount
that is possessed at the end of the year.
The Nisaab of gold and silver fixed by Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wa Salam is as
follows:
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