Can obligatory rulings, such as Zakat, be established merely as a precaution based on doubt?
Chapter on Zakat on Cows
Al-Mughni
Book of Zakat
Primary text
Obligatory duties cannot be established through doubt as a precaution. Just as purification is not obligatory upon one who is certain of having purity but doubts impurity, similarly, other obligations are not established based on doubt.