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The same ruling applies to the capital of money-changers. Vessels fashioned from gold or silver are assessed not by their market value but by their weight1, and any prohibited ornamentation is disregarded—the item is valued as though stripped of it. Whoever possesses merchandise intended for trade, or inherits such goods, then resolves to keep them for personal use2 and later re-intends them for trade, does not thereby render them trade goods3 by intention alone, with the sole exception of jewelry normally worn. Whatever is extracted from mines becomes liable, as soon as it is taken into one’s possession4, to a levy of one-quarter of one-tenth5, provided its value reaches the nisab after smelting and refining.
(1) In manuscript N the reading is “bi-waznihima” (their weight) instead of “bi-wazniha” (its weight).
(2) Al-Jawhari states in al-Sihah, 6:2467-2468: “For sheep and similar animals one says qunwa or qunwa; one also says qinya and qinya when they are acquired for personal use rather than for trade.” Al-Durr al-Naqi, 1:347, notes four permissible vocalisations of the noun: qinya and qunwa, each with either a kasra or a damma on the qaf.
(3) In manuscript N the word “laha” (for it) replaces “aradan” (merchandise).
(4) Manuscript N reads “ikhrajahu” (bringing it out) in place of “ihrazahu” (safeguarding it).
(5) Al-Lubdi comments in his marginalia (p. 125): i.e., the due is one-quarter of one-tenth if the item is cash, and one-quarter of one-tenth of its current value if it is not cash.
وكذا أموال الصيارف.
ولا عبرة بقيمة آنية الذهب والفضة بل بوزنها١ ولا بما فيه صناعة محرمة فيقوم عاريا عنها ومن عنده عرض للتجارة أو ورثه فنواه للقنية٢ ثم نواه للتجارة لم يصر عرضا٣ بمجرد النية غير حلي اللبس.
وما استخرج من المعادن ففيه بمجرد إحرازه٤ ربع العشر٥ إن بلغت القيمة نصابا بعد السبك والتصفية.
١ في "ن" "بوزنهما" بدل "بوزنها".
٢ قال الجوهري في الصحاح "٦/٢٤٦٧-٢٤٦٨": "قنوت الغنم وغيرها قنوة وقنوة وقنيت أيضا: قنية وقنية, إذا اقتنبتها لنفسك لا للتجارة". وفي الدر النقي "١/٣٤٧": "وفي القنية أربع لغات: قنية وقنوة بكسر الكاف وضمها فيهما".
٣ في "ن" "لها" بدل "عرضا".
٤ في "ن": إخرجه" بدل: "إحرازه".
٥ قال اللبدي في حاشية: "ص: ١٢٥": أي ربع عشر إن كان نقدا, وربع عشر قيمته إن كان غير نقد.