What is the ruling on Zakat and how do we pay it?

Zakat is due on money and trade goods if they reach 200 dirhams or 20 dinars and a full year has passed. For grains, a tenth is due on what is irrigated by rain and springs, and half a tenth on what is irrigated by artificial means.

For livestock, Zakat has different thresholds: Camels: For every five, one sheep is due. The obligation increases with the number until it reaches two Hiqqah (a camel that has entered its fourth year) at 120. Then, for every forty, a Bint Labun (a two-year-old she-camel) is due, and for every fifty, a Hiqqah. Sheep: One sheep is due if the number is from forty to one hundred and twenty. Then, one sheep is added for every hundred. Cattle: A Tabi' (a one-year-old calf) or Tabi'ah (a one-year-old heifer) for every thirty, and a Musinnah (a three-year-old cow) for every forty.

Zakat is disbursed to the poor, the needy, those employed to collect it, those whose hearts are to be reconciled, for freeing captives, for those in debt, in the cause of Allah, and for the wayfarer, as stated in the Holy Verse: "Indeed, [ prescribed ] charitable donations are only to be given to the poor, the needy, those who work to collect them, those whose hearts are to be reconciled, to free slaves, to help those in debt, for Allah’s cause, and for travelers in need. This is an obligation from Allah. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise."