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Book of Zakat

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كِتَابُ الزَّكَاةِ

Hazrat Shabi narrates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) wrote to the judge of Yemen: "The Zakat on five camels is one goat, on ten camels two goats, on fifteen camels three goats, on twenty camels four goats and on twenty-five camels five goats. And when there is one camel more than twenty-five, then a female kid is due until thirty-five camels. And if a female kid is not found for Zakat, then a male kid of the same age should be given. And when there is one camel more than thirty-five, then a female lamb is due until forty-five. When there is one camel more than forty-five, then a one-year-old female camel is due until sixty. When there is one camel more than sixty, then a two-year-old female camel is due until seventy-five. And when there is one more than seventy-five, then two female lambs are due on it. Similarly, until ninety. When there is one camel more than ninety, then two one-year-old female camels are due until one hundred and twenty. Then, when the camels exceed one hundred and twenty by one or more, then for every fifty there will be a one-year-old female camel and for every forty there will be a female lamb. And the scattered should not be gathered, and the gathered should not be scattered. And while collecting Zakat, a very young or very old animal should not be accepted (rather, a middle-aged one should be accepted), nor should a one-eyed or very weak animal be accepted." Ajlah, the narrator, says that I asked Imam Shabi what does لاَ یُجْمَعُ بَیْنَ مُفْتَرِقٍ ، وَلاَ یُفَرَّقُ بَیْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ mean? He said that if a person has livestock, then he should not scatter them with the intention that Zakat will not be due on the scattered ones (when the Nisab of Zakat is not reached). And neither should he gather the scattered ones, meaning that if a nation has livestock but Zakat is not being paid on them, then the collector (Zakat collector) should not gather them all together and collect Zakat.