The Conditions
Issue No. 1587- Payment of zakāt becomes obligatory under the following conditions:I. The property should reach the prescribed taxable limit, which will be explained later.II. The owner should be sane and mature.III. The owner should be legally able to benefit from the property. IV. If a person remains the owner of cows, sheep, camels, gold and silver for 12 months, payment of zakāt becomes obligatory for him. However, the obligatory precaution is that payment of zakāt becomes obligatory from the first day of the twelfth month, and if some of the conditions cease to exist during the twelfth month, the zakāt should be paid.
