Zakah on Livestock

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The Ruling Of Zakah On Cattle:

The Prophet ﷺ said: “... If any owner of the camel does not pay what is due on him, and of his due in that (camel) is (also) to milk it on the day when it comes down to water. When the Day of Resurrection comes a soft sandy plain would be set for him, as extensive as possible, (he will find) that not a single young one is missing, and they will trample him with their hoofs and bite him with their mouths. As often as the first of them passes him, the last of them would be made to return during a day the extent of which would be fifty thousand years, until judgment is pronounced among servants and he sees whether his path is to take him to Paradise or to Hell. It was (again) said: Messenger of Allah, what about cows (cattle) and sheep? He said: It any owner of the cattle and sheep does not pay what is due on them, when the Day of Resurrection comes a soft sandy plain would be spread for them, he will find none of them missing, with twisted horns, without horns or with a broken horn, and they will gore him with their horns and trample him with their hoofs. As often as the first of them passes him the last of them would be made to return to him during a day the extent of which would be fifty thousand years, until judgment would be pronounced among the servants. And he would be shown his path-path leading him to Paradise or to Hell...” [Muslim]

Conditions Necessitating Zakah on Cattle:

Lapse of a full Hijra year while the animals are with the owner.
It must be grazed livestock. A grazed camel is that which is fed by eating from plants of the earth and permissible grass i.e. that which grows by Allah’s command without being cultivated by anybody. However, if it feeds on cultivated crops; then it is not regarded as a grazed camel and Zakah is not due on it.
It must be kept for some benefit, either from its milk or offspring, and not used as a working camel. A working camel is that which is employed by its owner to till or irrigate the land, carry goods or lift loads.
Zakah is not payable on a working camel, because they are counted as part of the basic needs of man, like clothing. If it is rented / hired to others, Zakah is due on whatever rent is derived from it (after a Hijri year has lapsed on it).
The cattle must attain the Nisab prescribed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

The Prescribed Nisab for Cattle

Nisab & Zakah on camels

Number of camels Measure of mandatory Zakah to be paid

  
    NUMBERS OF CAMELS
    ZAKAH DUE
  
    1-4 Camels
    No Zakah Due
  
    5-9 Camels
    One Sheep
  
    10-14 Camels
    Two Sheep
  
    15-19 Camels
    Three Sheep
  
    20-24 Camels
    Four Sheep
  
    25-35 Camels
    One she-camel (above one year of age)
  
    36-45 Camels
    One she-camel (above two years of age)
  
    46-60 Camels
    One she-camel (above three years of age)
  
    61-75 Camels
    One she-camel (above four years of age)
  
    76-90 Camels
    Two she-camels (above two years of age)
  
    91-120 Camels
    Two she-camels (above three years of age)
  
    Above 120 Camels
    For every forty: a she-camel (above 2 years), and for every fifty: a she-camel (above 3 years)

Nisab & Zakah on cows

Number of cows Obligatory measure of Zakah to be paid

  
    NUMBERS OF COWS/BULLS
    ZAKAH DUE
  
    1-29 Cows/Buffalos
    No Zakah Due
  
    30-39 Cows/Buffalos
    One cow/bull aged one year
  
    40-59 Cows/Buffalos
    One cows/bulls aged two years
  
    60-69 Cows/Buffalos
    Two cows/bulls aged one year
  
    70-79 Cows/Buffalos
    One cow/bull aged two years & One cow/bull aged one years
  
    80-89 Cows/Buffalos 
    Two cows/bulls aged two years
  
    90-99 Cows/Buffalos
    Three cows/bulls aged two years

Nisab & Zakah on sheep/goats

Number of sheep / goats Obligatory measure of Zakah to be paid

  
    NUMBERS OF SHEEP/GOATS
    ZAKAH DUE
  
    1-39 Sheep/Goats
    No Zakah Due
  
    40-120 Sheep/Goats
    One Sheep/Goat
  
    121-200 Sheep/Goats
    Two Sheep/Goats
  
    201-300 Sheep/Goats
    Three Sheep/Goats
  
    On every additional hundred more, an extra sheep is added

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