ANIMALS ON WHICH ZAKAAT IS NOT FARZ ARE:

1. Animals that are stall fed for six months of the year and then left to graze on the veldt for the remainder of the year are not Saa’imah and thus no Zakaat will be liable on their owner.
2. There is no Zakaat payable on animals which are reared for riding, or for drought purpose or for one’s own use or consumption.
3. There is no Zakaat on wild game.
4. There is no Zakaat on horses, donkeys and mules if they are not for trade.
5. There is no Zakaat on a herd which consists of calves only i.e. until they reach a capable age of breeding. If such a herd has one animal that could be used for breeding, then Zakaat will have to be given on all of them.
   In this case that particular full grown animal will have to be given as Zakaat. If this animal which is capable of breeding dies, then Zakaat will still be necessary on the rest of the herd of calves.
6. Zakat is not applicable on sheep that are less than twelve months old.