Issue 948: Besides others, there are two additional conditions for the Zakat on camels, sheep, and cows; firstly, the animal must have been idle through out the year; however, if it has worked only for a couple of days, the Zakat will still be obligatory and payable; secondly, the animal must have grazed in the open fields. Thus, if it is fed on cut or plucked grass, or if it grazes on a farm owned by its owner or somebody else for the whole or part of the year (whether during the day or night), Zakat will not be obligatory on it; however, if it feeds on its owner’s grass only for a couple of days during the year, the owner must pay the Zakat on it.

Issue 949: If a person purchases or rents a natural pastureland for their camels, sheep, or cows to graze on, they must pay the Zakat on these animals.

Issue 950: If the number of sheep, camels, or cows reaches the prescribed limit for Zakat, the owner must pay the Zakat, irrespective of the animals being all male or female or some male and some female.

Issue 951: Regarding Zakat, there is no difference between cows and buffalos, or between Arabian camels and non-Arabian ones, or between goats, sheep and lambs.

Issue 952: If a person keeps cows, camels, or sheep in different places and the number of them altogether reaches the prescribed limit for Zakat, they must pay the Zakat on them.

Issue 953: Even if the camels, sheep, or cows a person owns are ill or defective, they must pay the Zakat on them.

Issue 954: If one’s camels, cows, or sheep are all ill, defective or old, they can pay the Zakat out of the same animals, but if they are all healthy, young and with no defects, the owner cannot pay the Zakat out of the ill, defective, or old ones; even if some of the animals are ill and some healthy, or if some of them are defective and some with no defects, or if some of them are young and some old, the obligatory precaution is to pay the Zakat out of the ones which are healthy, young and with no defects.