If one has wealth that has reached the nisab, and it is stolen from him one day before the completion of the hawl, and then he finds it, is zakah due on him?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Does he own it? A new hawl begins.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is not a release; it is severed.
The questioner : ... the original amount.
The Shaykh : No, it reverts to the original amount because the decrease occurred before the completion of the hawl. For example, if he were granted, say, five dirhams one or two days after the completion of the hawl, he would not complete the amount. But I think you want to ask, you want to say, what if it was found from the thief?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is what I was thinking. So what do you say about this issue?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, for example, five dirhams were stolen from two hundred dirhams one day before the completion of the hawl, and one day after the completion of the hawl, this stolen amount was returned. Do we say that this stolen item is considered as existing? Or do we say that the original ruling is that the thief is not returning it, so it is considered as non-existent?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, it is a matter for consideration. May Allah grant us the ability to reflect on it. Yes? Salim.
The Shaykh : ... Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Does he own it? A new hawl begins.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is not a release; it is severed.
The questioner : ... the original amount.
The Shaykh : No, it reverts to the original amount because the decrease occurred before the completion of the hawl. For example, if he were granted, say, five dirhams one or two days after the completion of the hawl, he would not complete the amount. But I think you want to ask, you want to say, what if it was found from the thief?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is what I was thinking. So what do you say about this issue?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, for example, five dirhams were stolen from two hundred dirhams one day before the completion of the hawl, and one day after the completion of the hawl, this stolen amount was returned. Do we say that this stolen item is considered as existing? Or do we say that the original ruling is that the thief is not returning it, so it is considered as non-existent?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, it is a matter for consideration. May Allah grant us the ability to reflect on it. Yes? Salim.