5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

nine heads two calves over one year of age are given. One calf
over two years of age and one over one year of age are given
for seventy heads. This calculation is done for every ten heads
over seventy heads. One one-year-old calf is added for every
thirty heads and one two-year-old calf is added for every forty
cattles. When the number reaches eighty, two two-year-old
calves are added. The zakât of water buffalos is the same as
the zakât of cattle.
THE ZAKÂT OF SHEEP — The nisâb for sheep is forty. A
person who has fewer than forty sheep does not give zakât for
them. A person who has forty to a hundred and twenty sheep
gives only one sheep. Two sheep are given for a hundred and
twenty-one to two hundred sheep. Three sheep are given for
two hundred and one to four hundred sheep. Four sheep are
given for four hundred sheep, and one sheep is added for every
additional hundred sheep. The zakâts of sheep and goats are
the same, whether they are male or female. Zakât is not given
for lambs that have not completed their first year. But if one has
sheep also, one includes the lambs into the calculation, too. So
is the case with the calves of camels and cattle. A lamb is never
given as zakât.
THE ZAKÂT OF HORSES — Their zakât is necessary when
the male and female horses are fed together for breeding in the
fields. Zakât is not necessary if they are intended for
transportation or for carrying things. Zakât is not fard for a
person who has only male horses [stallions]. For he cannot
breed them. If they are kept for commercial purposes, one gives
their zakât as commercial property. Zakât is not given for mules
and asses not intended for trade, even if they are legion.
There is no nisâb for horses. One mithqal of gold is given for
each horse. One may as well calculate their value and give onefortieth
of their value in gold if their value equals the amount of
nisâb. Also for camels, cattle and sheep that are given as zakât,
their equivalent in gold can be given.
WHO IS ZAKÂT GIVEN TO? — Zakât is given only to the
Muslims existing in the seven groups written below. The eighth
was muallafat-ul-qulûb. That is, the harsh enemies of Islam
used to be given zakât so that Muslims could be spared from
their wickedness. But since the era of Abû Bekr (radiy Allâhu
’anh), there has been no reason to give zakât to this group.
1 - Faqîr (The poor): A person who has property more than
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