Zakat of Sheep

فِي الشَّاةِ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً شَاةٌ وَ لَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ الْأَرْبَعِينَ شَيْ‌ءٌ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْ‌ءٌ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ عِشْرِينَ وَ مِائَةً فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ عِشْرِينَ وَ مِائَةً فَفِيهَا مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ شَاةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى مِائَةٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ فَفِيهَا شَاتَانِ وَ لَيْسَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ شَاتَيْنِ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ مِائَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمِائَتَيْنِ فَفِيهَا مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

‘The amount of Zakat for sheep is one sheep for every forty sheep. There is not anything on what is less than forty. Thereafter there is no increase in Zakat up until it is one hundred twenty. Once it is more than one hundred twenty by one sheep, Zakat is two sheep; and Zakat is no more than two sheep until its number

لَيْسَ فِي الْأَكِيلَةِ وَ لَا فِي الرُّبَّى وَ الرُّبَّى الَّتِي تُرَبَّى اثْنَيْنِ وَ لَا شَاةِ لَبَنٍ وَ لَا فَحْلِ الْغَنَمِ صَدَقَةٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Zakat is not due on what is fed at home (as opposed to grazing) or that which feeds others and that which is kept for its milk or ram kept for breeding.’”

لَا تُؤْخَذُ أَكُولَةٌ وَ الْأَكُولَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ مِنَ الشَّاةِ تَكُونُ فِي الْغَنَمِ وَ لَا وَالِدُهُ وَ لَا الْكَبْشُ الْفَحْلُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’Akulah is not accepted. It is the great ewe among sheep, or the one that gives birth to it, as well as its breeder.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع السَّخْلُ مَتَى تَجِبُ فِيهِ الصَّدَقَةُ قَالَ إِذَا أَجْذَعَ‌[1].

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about lamb when Zakat is obligatory for it. He (the Imam) said, ‘Zakat is obligatory when it becomes Jadha‘ (one year old).

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ بَعَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص مُصَدِّقاً مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَى بَادِيَتِهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ انْطَلِقْ وَ عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ لَا تُؤْثِرَنَّ دُنْيَاكَ عَلَى آخِرَتِكَ وَ كُنْ حَافِظاً لِمَا ائْتَمَنْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ رَاعِياً لِحَقِّ اللَّهِ فِيهِ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ نَادِيَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ‌[2] فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ فَانْزِلْ بِمَائِهِمْ

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Burayd ibn Mu‘awiyah who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, say, ‘’Amir al-Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, gave the following disciplinary instructions to a zakat collector. He (the Imam) then sent him to th