Iqtina' (keeping property for oneself)

Iqtina' means taking a thing for oneself, not for sale or trade; a mare kept for breeding or riding is called qinya or qunya. The jurists' technical sense does not differ from the lexical one. ¹

Keeping a thing may be permitted, or recommended, as with copies of the Qur'an and books of hadith and learning. It may be permitted in some circumstances and not others, as with gold, silver, or a trained dog. It may be forbidden, as with swine, wine, or instruments of forbidden play. ¹

In general zakat is not due on livestock kept for its own sake; it is due only on animals kept for load, riding or breeding that reach the nisab. ¹

Kept gold and silver, whether coined, in bullion, as ornaments or as vessels, are liable to zakat once they reach the nisab, whether or not the owner intended trade, according to the Hanafis. The Malikis, Shafi'is and Hanbalis agree in general, except for women's jewellery. ^{1 2}