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

Book 8 · Issue 3 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

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.