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Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates about the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “This is the decree regarding the payment of zakat by Muslims, which Allah Almighty has commanded His Messenger. Whoever among the believers is asked according to it, should pay accordingly, and whoever is asked for anything beyond it, should not pay anything else. For every twenty-four camels or less, the zakat for every five camels is one goat. For twenty-five to thirty-five, the payment of one bint makhad (a one-year-old she-camel) is obligatory. If a bint makhad is not available, then the payment of an ibn labun (a two-year-old male camel) will be made. Then, for thirty-six to forty-five, the payment of a bint labun (a two-year-old she-camel) is obligatory. Then, for forty-six to sixty, the payment of a hiqqah (a three-year-old she-camel) is obligatory. For sixty-one to seventy-five, the payment of a jadh’ah (a four-year-old she-camel) is obligatory. For seventy-six to ninety, the payment of two bint labun is obligatory. For ninety-one to one hundred and twenty, the payment of two hiqqah is obligatory. Beyond one hundred and twenty, the rule is that for every forty, one bint labun is obligatory, and for every fifty, one hiqqah is obligatory. If there is a difference in the ages of the camels, then if a person is liable to pay a jadh’ah as zakat but does not have a jadh’ah, rather he has a hiqqah, then that will be taken from him, and he will pay two goats along with it, if possible for him, or else he will pay twenty dirhams. If a person was liable to pay a hiqqah and does not have it, but has a jadh’ah, then that will be taken from him, and the zakat collector will pay him two goats or twenty dirhams. If a person was liable to pay a hiqqah and does not have it, but has a bint labun, then that will be taken from him, and he will pay two goats or twenty dirhams along with it. If a person was to pay a bint labun and does not have it, but has a hiqqah, then that will be taken from him, and the zakat collector will pay him two goats or twenty dirhams. If the payment of a bint labun was obligatory in zakat and the person does not have it, but has a bint makhad, then that will be taken from him, and he will pay two goats or twenty dirhams along with it. If a person was to pay a bint makhad in zakat and does not have it, but has a bint labun, then that will be taken from him, and the zakat collector will pay him two goats or twenty dirhams. If a person was liable to pay a bint makhad in zakat and does not have it, but has an ibn labun (a two-year-old male camel), then that will be taken from him, and nothing else will be taken along with it. If a person has only four camels, then zakat is not obligatory on him, but if the owner wishes, he may pay something as charity. When he has five camels, then the payment of one goat becomes obligatory. The rule regarding goats is: for forty to one hundred and twenty, the payment of one goat is obligatory; for one hundred and twenty-one to two hundred goats, the payment of two goats is obligatory; for two hundred to three hundred, the payment of three goats is obligatory; for every hundred, the payment of one goat is obligatory. In zakat, no goat with a broken horn, one-eyed, or lame should be given, unless the zakat collector wishes (then such an animal may be accepted). To avoid zakat, wealth should not be combined separately, nor should combined wealth be separated. If something is jointly owned by two people, then collection will be made from both on an equal basis. If the number of goats is even one less than forty, then zakat is not obligatory, but if the owner wishes, he may pay something. For slaves, the payment of a quarter of a tenth (i.e., two and a half percent of the original value) is obligatory. If a person has only one hundred and ninety dirhams in wealth, then zakat is not obligatory on him (but if the owner wishes, he may pay something as charity).” The chain of this narration is authentic and all its narrators are trustworthy.