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Dhawd (a small herd of three to ten camels, and its zakat)

الذود (في الزكاة)

A dhawd is a small herd of camels from three to ten. 1 In the zakat of camels the least nisab is five camels: nothing is due on fewer, and on five one sheep is due, and on ten two sheep. 2 The jurists differ over giving a male in place of a sheep and over giving its value. 2

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A dhawd is a small herd of camels, from three to ten, and its rules are treated under the zakat of camels. 1 The least nisab for zakat on camels is five: nothing is due on fewer. 2 On five camels one sheep is due, and on ten two sheep. 2 The jurists differ over giving a male in place of a sheep and over giving its value. 2

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8499
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8500
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