Sa'd bin 'Ubada Al-Ansari sought the verdict of Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding a vow made by his mother who had died before fulfilling it. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fulfill it on her behalf." Some people said, "If the number of camels reaches twenty, then their owner has to pay four sheep as Zakat; and if their owner gives them as a gift or sells them in order to escape the payment of Zakat cunningly before the completion of a year, then he is not to pay anything, and if he slaughters them and then dies, then no Zakat is to be taken from his property."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ اسْتَفْتَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي نَذْرٍ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّهِ تُوُفِّيَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْضِيَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْضِهِ عَنْهَا وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الإِبِلُ عِشْرِينَ فَفِيهَا أَرْبَعُ شِيَاهٍ فَإِنْ وَهَبَهَا قَبْلَ الْحَوْلِ أَوْ بَاعَهَا فِرَارًا وَاحْتِيَالاً لإِسْقَاطِ الزَّكَاةِ فَلاَ شَىْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَذَلِكَ إِنْ أَتْلَفَهَا فَمَاتَ فَلاَ شَىْءَ فِي مَالِهِ