Zakat on a silver belt offered for sale

The questioner:
Correctly, the honorable scholar says: A woman has a silver belt. She sent it to a man to sell it, and it stayed with him for twenty-one years. She does not know whether he sold it or not, and then he returned it to her. Is she required to pay zakat for this period? And how is that calculated?

The Shaykh:
What has left her ownership is not subject to zakat. However, if she was in no need of it and wanted to sell it, not intending to wear or use it, but only to sell it, then there is no doubt that zakat is due on it, because it is offered for sale and it is silver. Silver is subject to zakat every year, so she calculates the zakat for each year and pays it.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The honorable scholar says:

The Shaykh:
It was not lost. The contract was not lost. You know it is with so-and-so. It was not lost, until we say this is lost, and you do not know if it will come or not. You know it is with so-and-so, and you left it with him. You know him, and he has not denied it either.