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632. Ibn 'Umar said: "Whoever acquires wealth, then there is no Zakāt on it until the Hawl has passed while it is in his possession."
(Abū 'Eisā said:) This is more correct than the (previous) Hadīth of 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zaid bin Aslam.
Abū 'Eisā said: It was reported by Ayyūb, 'Ubaidullāh [bin 'Umar] and others, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar in Mawqūf form. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zaid bin Aslam is weak in Hadīth, Ahmad bin Ḥanbal, 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī and others among the scholars of Hadīth graded him weak. (And he) has many mistakes.
It has been reported from more than one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ that there is no Zakāt on acquired wealth until the Hawl passes on it. This is the saying of Mālik bin Anas, Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, and Ishāq.
Some of the people of knowledge said that when one has wealth upon which Zakāt is due, then the Zakāt is required, but if he does not have any wealth besides what was acquired – and it is of the type that Zakāt is paid on – then he is not required to pay Zakāt on the acquired wealth until the Hawl has passed on it. But if he acquired wealth before the Hawl passed, then he is to pay Zakāt on the acquired wealth, along with the wealth that Zakāt is required on that he already has. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and the people of Al-Kūfah.
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Wealth gained during the year (like: gifts, inheritance etc.) is called 'Gained Wealth'. According to Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, this type of wealth will be calculated along with the person's own previous wealth, and both together will be subject to Zakāt. It looks true that if the previous wealth does not reach the amount subject to Zakāt (Nisāb) while the gained wealth reaches the Nisāb, or the gained wealth reaches the Nisāb by adding it to the pre-owned wealth, thus both will be combined and will be subject to Zakāt. If both, individually, reach the Nisāb, then they will have separate years. See for details Mir'āt: 2/21-22.
