الأوقاص

الأوقاص

Awqas are the plural of waqs, the gap between two prescribed amounts in zakat on camels, cattle and sheep. ¹ Ashnaq and afw are the same sense, and some jurists restrict shanaq to camels and waqs to cattle and sheep. ² The gaps in camels are of five ranks, those in cattle are of two counts, and those in sheep are of three ranks beginning at eighty. ²³⁴ By agreement no zakat is due on the gaps in sheep. ⁵ The jurists differ on zakat on the gaps in camels: the Hanafis (Abu Hanifa and Abu Yusuf), the Malikis in one view and al-Shafi'i in the older view deny it, while Muhammad, Zufar, the Malikis in their later view and al-Shafi'i in another report affirm it. ⁶ On the gap in cattle between forty and sixty, the majority hold no zakat is due, while Abu Hanifa has three views, one counting by proportion. ⁶⁵