Muwatta Malik 11 — Zakat
Muwatta Malik : 11
Muwatta MalikHadith Number 11
قَالَ مَالِكٌ: " الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي لَا اخْتِلَافَ فِيهِ عِنْدَنَا، وَالَّذِي سَمِعْتُ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَهُ: إِنَّ الرِّكَازَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ دِفْنٌ يُوجَدُ مِنْ دِفْنِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، مَا لَمْ يُطْلَبْ بِمَالٍ، وَلَمْ يُتَكَلَّفْ فِيهِ نَفَقَةٌ، وَلَا كَبِيرُ عَمَلٍ وَلَا مَئُونَةٍ فَأَمَّا مَا طُلِبَ بِمَالٍ، وَتُكُلِّفَ فِيهِ كَبِيرُ عَمَلٍ، فَأُصِيبَ مَرَّةً، وَأُخْطِئَ مَرَّةً، فَلَيْسَ بِرِكَازٍ "
Malik said, "The position which we are agreed upon, and which I have heard the people of knowledge mentioning, is that rikaz refers to treasure which has been found which was buried during the jahiliyya, as long as neither capital is required, nor expense, great labour or inconvenience incurred in recovering it. If capital is required or great labour is incurred, or on one occasion the mark is hit and on another it is missed, then it is not rikaz."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 17, Hadith 9
