The Ownership of a Found Item and Its Effect on Completing the Nisab
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a found item is identified after a year and then one takes ownership of it, is this ownership considered valid and taken into account for completing the nisab?
Answer:
Yes, it is valid ownership, and zakah is obligatory on it, because it is owned. However, it is possible that a shepherd will come for it; it is possible, and I do not know. The default is that one becomes the owner upon the passage of a lunar year, and the possibility that its shepherd comes may not occur.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a found item is identified after a year and then one takes ownership of it, is this ownership considered valid and taken into account for completing the nisab?
Answer:
Yes, it is valid ownership, and zakah is obligatory on it, because it is owned. However, it is possible that a shepherd will come for it; it is possible, and I do not know. The default is that one becomes the owner upon the passage of a lunar year, and the possibility that its shepherd comes may not occur.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 032 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الزكاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:34)
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