How can a lost item increase in value during the first year, yet it is not permissible to dispose of it?

The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the point about the money, I did not imagine it would increase, and it is not permissible for him to dispose of it except for the purpose of identification only. That is, how did we say that if a full lunar year has passed, its increase belongs to its owner?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Well, how does he dispose of it so that it increases? By trade? It is not permissible for him to trade with it, and it does not increase.

The Shaykh : Is it permissible for the increase to come from his earnings if he is, for example, a slave, or if he is livestock?

The questioner : Yes, but I say regarding the money, Shaykh, because we gave an example, as we said, of one hundred, so it becomes...

The Shaykh : That is, these coins cannot [increase] unless he has been given permission to dispose of it by the ruler or the like.