Discussion regarding the author's statement: "And if he exchanges it for its kind, he builds upon its lunar year."
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The Shaykh : All right, a man has sheep, and when half of the lunar year has passed, he sells them for cattle? What do you say? Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : The lunar year is broken.
The Shaykh : Why? You, who answered? No, the question is for the brother. He has sheep, a nisab of sheep, and during the lunar year he sold them for a nisab of cattle. Does the lunar year break, or does he build upon the first one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The lunar year breaks because he exchanged it for a different kind. So he starts the lunar year anew. All right, is that correct, everyone?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Good. He has a nisab of sheep, so he exchanged it during the lunar year for a nisab of sheep, O 'Abdullah? Does the lunar year not break? Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because he exchanged it for its kind, so the lunar year does not break. All right, he has a nisab of grazing sheep—O 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Dawud—he has a nisab of grazing sheep, so he exchanged it for a nisab of sheep for trade. Does the lunar year break or not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How? He has forty grazing sheep, so he exchanged them for forty sheep for trade, intending to make a profit.
The questioner : It changes.
The Shaykh : Does the lunar year break, or does he build upon what has passed?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Sheep for sheep?
The questioner : Yes, but... the second is trade goods, and the first is...
The Shaykh : Trade goods, and the zakah is on their value, so it is as if he exchanged them for a different kind. All right, so if you were asked generally: a man exchanged forty sheep for forty sheep during the lunar year, does the lunar year break? It is said that there is a detailed ruling, right? If they are all trade goods, the lunar year does not break. If they are all grazing, the lunar year does not break. If he exchanged grazing for trade goods, or trade goods for grazing, the lunar year breaks. That is complete. All right.
If he exchanges gold for silver, yes, yes. Does the lunar year break or not? He has a nisab of gold, so he exchanged it for a nisab of silver during the lunar year. Does the lunar year break? Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because he exchanged it for a different kind. Yes, this is the correct opinion. The school of thought holds that gold and silver are one kind, and that one completes the other in the nisab, and that one builds upon the other in the lunar year. The correct view is that they are two different kinds, that one does not complete the other in the nisab, and that one does not build upon the other in the lunar year. This is the correct view.
All right, a man.
The questioner : The lunar year is broken.
The Shaykh : Why? You, who answered? No, the question is for the brother. He has sheep, a nisab of sheep, and during the lunar year he sold them for a nisab of cattle. Does the lunar year break, or does he build upon the first one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The lunar year breaks because he exchanged it for a different kind. So he starts the lunar year anew. All right, is that correct, everyone?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Good. He has a nisab of sheep, so he exchanged it during the lunar year for a nisab of sheep, O 'Abdullah? Does the lunar year not break? Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because he exchanged it for its kind, so the lunar year does not break. All right, he has a nisab of grazing sheep—O 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Dawud—he has a nisab of grazing sheep, so he exchanged it for a nisab of sheep for trade. Does the lunar year break or not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How? He has forty grazing sheep, so he exchanged them for forty sheep for trade, intending to make a profit.
The questioner : It changes.
The Shaykh : Does the lunar year break, or does he build upon what has passed?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Sheep for sheep?
The questioner : Yes, but... the second is trade goods, and the first is...
The Shaykh : Trade goods, and the zakah is on their value, so it is as if he exchanged them for a different kind. All right, so if you were asked generally: a man exchanged forty sheep for forty sheep during the lunar year, does the lunar year break? It is said that there is a detailed ruling, right? If they are all trade goods, the lunar year does not break. If they are all grazing, the lunar year does not break. If he exchanged grazing for trade goods, or trade goods for grazing, the lunar year breaks. That is complete. All right.
If he exchanges gold for silver, yes, yes. Does the lunar year break or not? He has a nisab of gold, so he exchanged it for a nisab of silver during the lunar year. Does the lunar year break? Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because he exchanged it for a different kind. Yes, this is the correct opinion. The school of thought holds that gold and silver are one kind, and that one completes the other in the nisab, and that one builds upon the other in the lunar year. The correct view is that they are two different kinds, that one does not complete the other in the nisab, and that one does not build upon the other in the lunar year. This is the correct view.
All right, a man.