Zakat on jewelry deposited with a person for a long period
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The questioner:
A woman has a belt of fine silver which she entrusted to a man to sell, and it remained with him for twenty-one years, and she does not know whether he sold it or not? Then he returned it to her. Is she required to pay zakat for this period? And how is that?
The Shaykh:
What has left her ownership [is not subject to zakat], but if she had no need for it and wanted to sell it, not wanting to wear or use it, and intended to sell it, then there is no doubt that zakat is due on it, because it is held for sale and it is silver, and zakat is obligatory on silver every year, so she calculates the zakat for each year and completes it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh, for your words.
The Shaykh:
It is as if the contract was 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, you leave it with him, you know him, and he did not deny it either. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
A woman has a belt of fine silver which she entrusted to a man to sell, and it remained with him for twenty-one years, and she does not know whether he sold it or not? Then he returned it to her. Is she required to pay zakat for this period? And how is that?
The Shaykh:
What has left her ownership [is not subject to zakat], but if she had no need for it and wanted to sell it, not wanting to wear or use it, and intended to sell it, then there is no doubt that zakat is due on it, because it is held for sale and it is silver, and zakat is obligatory on silver every year, so she calculates the zakat for each year and completes it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh, for your words.
The Shaykh:
It is as if the contract was 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, you leave it with him, you know him, and he did not deny it either. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في ذكر الخلاف بين الناس هل تحبل نساء أهل الجنة أم لا ؟ — islamhouse.com (1:05:32)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.