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Conditions for Zakāt on Trading Goods: →
← Taxable limit for camels:
Taxable limit for sheep:
First taxable limit: Forty sheep, for which the Zakāt is one sheep.
Second taxable limit: one hundred twenty-one sheep, for which the Zakāt is two sheep.
Third taxable limit: Two hundred one sheep, for which the Zakāt is three sheep.
Fourth taxable limit: Three hundred one sheep, for which the Zakāt is four sheep.
Fifth taxable limit: Four hundred sheep and above, for which the Zakāt is one sheep for every one hundred sheep.
Taxable limit for cattle and buffaloes:
First taxable limit: Thirty cows or buffaloes, for which the Zakāt is one calf that has entered its second year.
Second taxable limit: Forty cows or buffaloes, for which the Zakāt is one female calf that has entered its third year.
Second condition: The livestock must graze on natural pastures. If they are fed with fodder, such as purchased grass or harvested pasture, Zakāt is not obligatory, even if this feeding occurs only part of the year.
Third condition: The owner or guardian must have control over the livestock throughout the year. If they are stolen for a significant period, Zakāt is not obligatory.
Fourth condition: The owner must possess the livestock for a full eleven months so that they remain in the owner's possession at the start of the twelfth month.
Issue 139: The conditions for the obligation of Zakāt on cash in the form of gold and silver are as follows:
First condition: The amount of gold must reach fifteen Ṣayrafī mithqāls (a measure of weight), which is approximately 69.6 grams. The owner must pay 2.5% as Zakāt. For every additional three mithqāls (approximately 13.92 grams), 2.5% Zakāt must also be paid in the same proportion.
As for silver, if the amount reaches one hundred five mithqāls (approximately 487 grams), the owner must pay 2.5% Zakāt. For every additional twenty-one mithqāls (approximately 97.44 grams), 2.5% Zakāt must also be paid in the same proportion.
Second condition: The owner must possess the gold and silver for a full eleven months so that they remain in the owner's possession at the start of the twelfth month.
Third condition: The owner must have control over the gold and silver throughout the year. If they are lost for a significant period, Zakāt is not obligatory.
Fourth condition: The owner must be adult and sane; therefore, Zakāt is not obligatory on the wealth of a minor or a mentally incapacitated person.
Issue 140: Zakāt is not obligatory on gold and silver in the following cases:
1. Gold and silver bars and market-sold gold coins.
2. Jewelry made of gold and silver.
3. Cash in the form of gold and silver that is not commonly used in transactions, such as some Ottoman coins used as jewelry by women.
Also, paper currency and metal coins not made of gold and silver, which are commonly used in transactions, are not subject to Zakāt.
Issue 141: Zakāt on the four staple crops is obligatory under two conditions:
First condition: Reaching the specified taxable limit, which is three hundred ṣāʿ (an ancient measure of weight), approximately 847 kilograms after drying. The Zakāt amounts are as follows:
1. If irrigated by rainwater, river water, or similar means without the need for manual labor or mechanical assistance, the Zakāt is 10%.
2. If irrigated by hand or with the help of tools like water pumps, the Zakāt is 5%.
3. If irrigated sometimes by rain and sometimes by hand or mechanical assistance, the Zakāt is 7.5%, unless one method is significantly minor and negligible, in which case the Zakāt is based on the predominant irrigation method.
Second Condition: The crops must be owned by the person at the time Zakāt becomes obligatory. If the crops are acquired after this time, Zakāt is not obligatory. However, if the new owner knows that the previous owner did not pay Zakāt, he must pay it himself. If the crops are acquired through purchase or similar means and the seller deceived him by not disclosing the unpaid Zakāt, the buyer can claim the paid Zakāt amount from the seller.
Conditions for Zakāt on Trading Goods: →
← Taxable limit for camels:
Second taxable limit: one hundred twenty-one sheep, for which the Zakāt is two sheep.
Third taxable limit: Two hundred one sheep, for which the Zakāt is three sheep.
Fourth taxable limit: Three hundred one sheep, for which the Zakāt is four sheep.
Fifth taxable limit: Four hundred sheep and above, for which the Zakāt is one sheep for every one hundred sheep.
Taxable limit for cattle and buffaloes:
First taxable limit: Thirty cows or buffaloes, for which the Zakāt is one calf that has entered its second year.
Second taxable limit: Forty cows or buffaloes, for which the Zakāt is one female calf that has entered its third year.
Second condition: The livestock must graze on natural pastures. If they are fed with fodder, such as purchased grass or harvested pasture, Zakāt is not obligatory, even if this feeding occurs only part of the year.
Third condition: The owner or guardian must have control over the livestock throughout the year. If they are stolen for a significant period, Zakāt is not obligatory.
Fourth condition: The owner must possess the livestock for a full eleven months so that they remain in the owner's possession at the start of the twelfth month.
Issue 139: The conditions for the obligation of Zakāt on cash in the form of gold and silver are as follows:
First condition: The amount of gold must reach fifteen Ṣayrafī mithqāls (a measure of weight), which is approximately 69.6 grams. The owner must pay 2.5% as Zakāt. For every additional three mithqāls (approximately 13.92 grams), 2.5% Zakāt must also be paid in the same proportion.
As for silver, if the amount reaches one hundred five mithqāls (approximately 487 grams), the owner must pay 2.5% Zakāt. For every additional twenty-one mithqāls (approximately 97.44 grams), 2.5% Zakāt must also be paid in the same proportion.
Second condition: The owner must possess the gold and silver for a full eleven months so that they remain in the owner's possession at the start of the twelfth month.
Third condition: The owner must have control over the gold and silver throughout the year. If they are lost for a significant period, Zakāt is not obligatory.
Fourth condition: The owner must be adult and sane; therefore, Zakāt is not obligatory on the wealth of a minor or a mentally incapacitated person.
Issue 140: Zakāt is not obligatory on gold and silver in the following cases:
1. Gold and silver bars and market-sold gold coins.
2. Jewelry made of gold and silver.
3. Cash in the form of gold and silver that is not commonly used in transactions, such as some Ottoman coins used as jewelry by women.
Also, paper currency and metal coins not made of gold and silver, which are commonly used in transactions, are not subject to Zakāt.
Issue 141: Zakāt on the four staple crops is obligatory under two conditions:
First condition: Reaching the specified taxable limit, which is three hundred ṣāʿ (an ancient measure of weight), approximately 847 kilograms after drying. The Zakāt amounts are as follows:
1. If irrigated by rainwater, river water, or similar means without the need for manual labor or mechanical assistance, the Zakāt is 10%.
2. If irrigated by hand or with the help of tools like water pumps, the Zakāt is 5%.
3. If irrigated sometimes by rain and sometimes by hand or mechanical assistance, the Zakāt is 7.5%, unless one method is significantly minor and negligible, in which case the Zakāt is based on the predominant irrigation method.
Second Condition: The crops must be owned by the person at the time Zakāt becomes obligatory. If the crops are acquired after this time, Zakāt is not obligatory. However, if the new owner knows that the previous owner did not pay Zakāt, he must pay it himself. If the crops are acquired through purchase or similar means and the seller deceived him by not disclosing the unpaid Zakāt, the buyer can claim the paid Zakāt amount from the seller.
