Is Zakat immediately obligatory on gold extracted from beneath the earth (a treasure) as soon as it is extracted, and before a year has passed over it? And is this money considered lawful, given our knowledge of state laws that stipulate its confiscation? And is there a specific Ruqyah or Dhikr for extracting a guarded treasure? And what is the Ruqyah?
If gold is extracted from beneath the earth, it is either a mineral or a rikaz. If it is a mineral, zakat is immediately due on it, and the obligatory amount to be given, according to the majority of scholars, is one-quarter of one-tenth. However, if it is rikaz (a buried treasure from the pre-Islamic era), then one-fifth is due on it.
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