Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

496 Financial andjudiciary institutions at the time of 'Ali
one full year has passed."109 The passing of a year is one of the
conditions of zakiih being due for cash, livestock and trade goods; it
is not a condition in the case of crops. There is consensus on this
point, and no one differed from that."'
2. The minimum threshold for gold and silver
and the rate of zaka on them
Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali ihn Ahi Taih (&) stated that the
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minimum threshold at which zak5.h becomes due is twenty
mithqcilsl" for gold, and no z&& is due on anything less than that.
If there is more than that, then it should be calculated. He said:
"Nothing (no zak2h) is due on anything less than twenty dinars. For
twenty dinars (the zak5.h is) half a dinar, and for forty dinars it is one
dinar, and so on."
He said with regard to the minimum threshold for silver:
"There is no zak2h on less than two hundred dirhams.""3 He also
said: "If it reaches two hundred dirhams, then (the zak5.h is) five
dirhams, and if it is less than two hundred, then nothing is due on it. If
it is more than two hundred, it is to he calculated (at that rate)."l14
3. Minimum threshold for camels and
the rate of zakiih on them
Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali ibn Abi Tab (&) ...
said: "For
between five and nine camels, the zak2h is one sheep. If it is one
more, then two sheep are due, up to fourteen camels. If it is one more,
then three sheep are due, up to nineteen camels. If it is one more, then
four sheep are due, up to twenty-four camels. If it is one more, then it
is five sheep.l15 If it is one more, then a female camel in its second
year or a male camel in its third year is due, up to thirty-five camels.
If it is one more, then a female camel in its third year is due, up to
forty-five camels. If it is one more, then a female camel in its fourth
year is due, up to sixty. If it is one more, then two female camels in
their third year are due, up to ninety. If there are many camels, then