If the number of livestock falls short between two obligatory amounts, such as 60 sheep between 40 and 120, is zakat not obligatory on them?
The meaning of "canceling al-waqs" is that its existence does not lead to an increase in what is obligatory to be given. So, for someone who owns sixty sheep and a year has passed over them, what is obligatory is one sheep until they reach one hundred and twenty. If they reach one hundred and twenty-one, then what is obligatory is two sheep. Therefore, in this case, al-waqs is canceled and does not lead to an increase in what is obligatory.
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