Muhammad bin Uqbah asked Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr, "I have made a contract of emancipation with my slave for a great amount of wealth. Is zakat obligatory on it?" Qasim bin Muhammad said, "Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, would not take zakat from any wealth until a year had passed over it." Qasim bin Muhammad said: "And Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, when he would give people their stipends, he would ask, 'Is zakat obligatory on any wealth of yours?' If he said, 'Yes,' then he would deduct the zakat from that stipend, and if he said, 'No,' then he would give him the stipend and take nothing from it."