and that every bracket may be made up for by two sheep or twenty dirhams, with the payer free to choose either option.
Benefits
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Al-Nawawī said: The entire schedule of zakah thresholds for livestock rests on two narrations—the hadith of Anas reporting from Abu Bakr, and the hadith of Ibn ʿUmar. Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr remarked concerning the hadith of ʿAmr b. Ḥazm that it is virtually mass-transmitted (mutawātir), for the community has received it with unanimous acceptance. Thus these three epistles—the letter of Abu Bakr, the letter of ʿUmar, and the letter of ʿAmr b. Ḥazm—are fundamental sources of Islam upon which Muslims rely.
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Shaykh al-Islam said: Imām Aḥmad and the scholars of hadith adhere to the Prophet’s sunnah in matters of zakah. They adopted the best of three views. Concerning the intermediary camel brackets (awqās) they followed the letter of Abu Bakr, because it represents the Prophet’s final directive on the subject. In the rulings on agricultural produce, they struck a middle course between the scholars of the Hijaz and those of Iraq. The Hijazis impose the tithe only on dates and raisins, and on grains that serve as staple food; the Iraqis impose it on everything the land yields. Aḥmad and the hadith scholars agree with the Hijazis regarding the nisab, because its transmission is sound, yet they differ with them on the range of grains and fruits, obligating zakah on every storable grain and fruit.
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Resolution of the Fiqh Council on zakah for company shares:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and upon his family and Companions.
Decision on zakah for company shares
(Decision No. 28)
The Council of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, convened at its fourth conference in Jeddah