The an`am animals are camels, cattle and sheep. No zakah is due on any other animals unless they are for trade. The nisab of camels is five. The nisab for cattle is thirty. The nisab for sheep is forty.

The Muslims of the earlier and later generations are agreed that zakah must be paid each year on gold, silver and the like.

1- The nisab for dollars or other currencies is whatever is equivalent to the value of 20 mithqals of gold or 140 mithqals of silver at the time when the zakah is owed. 2- The nisab for silver is roughly equivalent to 595 grams of silver, so the one who has wealth has to pay 2.5% or 25 out of every 1,000 that he has in currency, after one year has passed.