Chapter: Zakat on Cattle
It is obligatory by the Sunnah and consensus (ijma'). As for the Sunnah, it is what Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he said: "There is no owner of camels, nor cattle, nor sheep who does not pay its Zakat, but it will come on the Day of Resurrection in its greatest and fattest state (20), goring him with its horns, and trampling him with its hooves. Every time its last one passes, its first one returns to him, until judgment is passed between the people." It is agreed upon (21). Al-Nasa'i and Al-Tirmidhi (22) narrated from Masruq that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent Mu'adh to Yemen and ordered him to take a dinar from every mature person (halim), and from cattle, from every thirty [one] tab'i or tab'iyya (23), and from every forty [one] musinna (23). Imam Ahmad (24) narrated with his chain of transmission...
(20) In B and M: "wa-asmanaha" (and its fattest). (21) Muslim did not narrate it from Abu Dharr; rather, he narrated it from Abu Hurayrah, and something similar from Jabir. See: Sahih Muslim 2/681. The hadith was recorded by Al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Zakat of Cattle, from the Book of Zakat. Sahih Al-Bukhari 2/148. It was also recorded by Al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has come from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, regarding the severity of withholding Zakat, from the Chapters on Zakat. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/95. And Al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Severity of Withholding Zakat, and The Chapter on the Withholder of Sheep Zakat, from the Book of Zakat. Al-Mujtaba 5/8, 20. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on what has come regarding the withholding of Zakat, from the Book of Zakat. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/569. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/152, 157, 158, 169, 170. After his statement: "It is agreed upon," the following was added in the original in a different handwriting: "Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it, from Masruq, from Mu'adh, and he classified it as hasan (good)." (22) Recorded by Al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Zakat of Cattle, from the Book of Zakat. Al-Mujtaba 5/17, 18. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has come regarding the Zakat of Cattle, from the Chapters on Zakat. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/115. It was also recorded by Abu Dawood, in: The Chapter on Zakat of Livestock (sa'imah), from the Book of Zakat. Sunan Abi Dawood 1/363. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on the Zakat of Cattle, from the Book of Zakat. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/576, 577. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/230, 233, 240, 247. (23) The explanation of tab'i, tab'iyya, and musinna will come at the beginning of Issue 403. (24) In: Al-Musnad 5/240. Abu 'Ubayd also mentioned it in his book "Al-Amwal" 383.
