Ruling on the zakah of lost wealth and debts

Question:
Is zakah obligatory on wealth that is nearly lost, which is in the unknown, and it is not known whether it will return to its owner or not?

Answer:
There is no zakah on lost wealth, such as lost camels, or lost sheep, or lost cattle, or lost money, where one does not know where it went? He owes no zakah until he finds it, and then he starts a new lunar year. If he finds it, the lunar year begins.
Likewise, debts owed by those who are unable to pay are like lost wealth. There is no zakah on a debt owed by a person who cannot pay until it is delivered to him, until he receives it from him, and then he starts a full lunar year with it.
Likewise, debts owed by those who delay payment and do not give the right, who delay and do not give the right, have no zakah until the money is received. So the one who delays is of the same kind as the one who is unable to pay; his companion is troubled with him, he has no money in reality until he receives it. So if he receives it, he pays its zakah if the lunar year has passed after he received it.
And the summary is: that lost and missing wealth, where one does not know where it went? Whether it is money, or camels, or cattle, or sheep, there is no zakah in it until its owner finds it, and then he starts a full lunar year with it. And included in that is what is owed by those who are unable to pay; debts on those who are unable to pay have no zakah until they are received and a full lunar year is started with them, or on those who delay and do not perform the right except with trouble. This has no zakah until they give him his right. Yes.

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