An aged animal or one so defective that it would not suffice for sacrifice is not to be taken—unless the whole nisab is of that sort. Nor may a stall-fed fatling or a pregnant animal be taken without its owner’s consent.

When freely-grazing livestock (sāʾimah) are intermingled (khulṭah), the two herds are treated as one. If, however, the animals are kept in two or more towns separated by at least the distance that permits shortening the prayer, each town’s herd is assessed on its own.

[Chapter: Zakāh on Produce Drawn from the Earth]

Zakah is obligatory on every grain that is measured by volume and stored, even if it is not a staple food, such as safflower (1); and on fruits such as dates, raisins, and almonds, once the nisab is reached, namely five wasqs (2).

The crops and fruit produced within the same agricultural year are added together to complete the nisab, but one species is not combined with another. No zakah is due on what one acquires after the obligation has arisen—such as a harvester’s wages and the like—nor on produce gathered from common land, like the wild pistachio (3) or the desert shrub known as zaʿbal (4), nor on produce purchased after signs of ripeness have appeared.