Specifying the Kind of Zakat
Issue No. 1663- If a person, on whom it is obligatory to pay zakāt on various items, gives a part of zakāt and does not specify any of those items in his intention, in case the thing which has been given is of the kind of any one of those items it is reckoned to be zakāt on that very kind. If it is not of the same kind as any one of those items, the zakāt will be divided on all those things. For instance, if he gives one sheep as zakāt, it will be reckoned as zakāt of sheep. In case however, he gives some silver coins while he has to give zakāt of sheep and cows, it will be shared between the two.
