There is no zakaah on birds
Question We have birds at home which we feed and raise. Is zakaah due on them?. Praise be to Allah. Zakaah is due on an’aam animals (camels, cattle and sheep), if they reach the nisaab (minimum threshold) and graze freely, eating plants that grow in the ground, and their owner does not spend money on…
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Praise be to Allah.
Zakaah is due on an’aam animals (camels, cattle and sheep),
if they reach the nisaab (minimum threshold) and graze freely, eating plants
that grow in the ground, and their owner does not spend money on feed for
them.
See the answer to question no.
40156.
With regard to other animals, no zakaah is due on them,
unless they are prepared for sale (trading).
If these birds are being raised for sale, to make money from
them, then zakaah is due on their value at the end of the year. If they are
being raised for some purpose other than sale or trade, then no zakaah is
due on them.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was
asked: Some people raise birds – is any zakaah due on them?
He replied: If those who raise birds do so for the purpose of
trade, then zakaah is due from them, because they are trade goods, i.e., the
person buys and sells them and earns money thereby.
But if they want to raise them to eat them or sell those that
are surplus to their needs, then no zakaah is due on them, because zakaah is
only due on three kinds of animals: camels, cattle and sheep, subject to the
well known conditions. End quote.
Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
(18/54).
And Allaah knows best.
