does not acquire ownership of the rikāz concealed beneath it; in the same way, the conquerors and all others stand on equal footing.

Mālik expressed two opinions regarding the non-monetary goods and precious objects found in a cache. The first is that nothing from rikāz is subject to the one-fifth levy except gold and silver, exactly as with minerals. The second is that everything discovered in the cache—gemstones, gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, and whatever else it may contain—is liable to khums. This latter view is the sounder one and is upheld by the majority of jurists.