diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_all_bodies.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_all_bodies.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d3d5289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_all_bodies.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { abstract public int $x { get => 1; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_final.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_final.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..773cbb04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_final.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { abstract public int $x { final get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_no_hooks.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_no_hooks.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f4af5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_no_hooks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { abstract public int $x; }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_nonabstract_class.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_nonabstract_class.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71301d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_nonabstract_class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+class Box { abstract public int $x { get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_private.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_private.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae9ee035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_private.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { abstract private int $x { get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_private_trait.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_private_trait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c4a4c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_private_trait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+trait Boxed { abstract private int $x { get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_protected_valid.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_protected_valid.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ad88605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_abstract_protected_valid.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { abstract protected int $x { get; } }
+class Crate extends Box { protected int $x { get => 1; } }
+trait Boxed { abstract protected int $y { get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_bodyless.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_bodyless.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..566bb420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_bodyless.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+class Box { public int $x { get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_final_private.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_final_private.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c0aaac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_final_private.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { abstract private int $x { final get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_readonly.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_readonly.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..540ba89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_readonly.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+class Box { public readonly int $x { get => 1; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_readonly_class.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_readonly_class.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6b4184d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_readonly_class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+readonly class Box { public int $x { get => 1; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_static.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_static.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b48c210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_static.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+class Box { public static int $x { get => 1; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/hook_rule_valid.php b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_valid.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e0cf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/hook_rule_valid.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+abstract class Box { private int $b = 0; public int $x { get => $this->b; set { $this->b = $value; } } abstract public string $s { get; } }
+
+function main() {}
diff --git a/phpunit/src/PropertyHookPlacementTest.php b/phpunit/src/PropertyHookPlacementTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5c7944b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/src/PropertyHookPlacementTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Zend property-hook placement rules for class/trait properties: no
+ * hooks on static or readonly properties, abstract hooked properties
+ * only in abstract containers with at least one bodiless hook, and a
+ * mandatory body on every non-abstract hook.
+ */
+class PropertyHookPlacementTest extends BaseTest
+{
+    public function testHooksOnStaticPropertyAreRejected(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Cannot declare hooks for static property', 'hook_rule_static.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testHooksOnReadonlyPropertyAreRejected(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Hooked properties cannot be readonly', 'hook_rule_readonly.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testHooksInReadonlyClassAreRejected(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Hooked properties cannot be readonly', 'hook_rule_readonly_class.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testAbstractHookedPropertyRequiresAbstractClass(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Non-abstract class `Box` contains abstract hooked property `$x`', 'hook_rule_abstract_nonabstract_class.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testAbstractPropertyNeedsAtLeastOneAbstractHook(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Abstract property `Box::$x` must specify at least one abstract hook', 'hook_rule_abstract_all_bodies.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testOnlyHookedPropertiesMayBeAbstract(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Only hooked properties may be declared abstract', 'hook_rule_abstract_no_hooks.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testNonAbstractHookMustHaveBody(): void
+    {
+        $this->exec('Non-abstract property hook must have a body', 'hook_rule_bodyless.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testWellFormedHooksStillCompile(): void
+    {
+        $this->compile('hook_rule_valid.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testAbstractPrivateHookIsRejected(): void
+    {
+        // An abstract (bodiless) hook must be implementable by a subclass,
+        // which a private property forbids.
+        $this->exec('Property hook cannot be both abstract and private', 'hook_rule_abstract_private.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testAbstractPrivateHookIsRejectedInTrait(): void
+    {
+        // Unlike abstract private trait methods, Zend does not exempt traits
+        // from the abstract-private hook conflict.
+        $this->exec('Property hook cannot be both abstract and private', 'hook_rule_abstract_private_trait.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testAbstractFinalHookIsRejected(): void
+    {
+        // A bodiless hook must be overridable to ever gain a body; it cannot
+        // carry final.
+        $this->exec('Property hook cannot be both abstract and final', 'hook_rule_abstract_final.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testFinalPrivateHookWinsDiagnosticPrecedence(): void
+    {
+        // `abstract private int $x { final get; }` violates all three rules;
+        // Zend reports the final+private conflict first (probed on 8.4.13).
+        $this->exec('Property hook cannot be both final and private', 'hook_rule_final_private.php');
+    }
+
+    public function testProtectedAbstractHookStaysLegal(): void
+    {
+        $this->compile('hook_rule_abstract_protected_valid.php');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Preprocessor.php b/src/Preprocessor.php
index dceaadc3..fc3dc691 100644
--- a/src/Preprocessor.php
+++ b/src/Preprocessor.php
@@ -2001,6 +2001,7 @@ protected function propertyTypeDeclToString(NodeAbstract $typeNode): string
 
     protected function parseClassPropertyDef(Node\Stmt\Property $v): void
     {
+        $this->validateClassPropertyHookPlacement($v);
         $arrayDef = $this->parseArrayDefinition($v);
         if ($this->classDef->nativeObject) {
             if ($v->type === null) {
@@ -2051,6 +2052,103 @@ protected function parseClassPropertyDef(Node\Stmt\Property $v): void
         $this->context = $oriCtx;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Mirror Zend's compile-time placement rules for property hooks on class
+     * (and trait) properties; the interface path enforces its own subset in
+     * prepareInterfaceProperty(). Check order follows Zend 8.4 precedence:
+     * static, readonly, then the abstract-property rules.
+     */
+    private function validateClassPropertyHookPlacement(Node\Stmt\Property $v): void
+    {
+        $abstract = (bool) ($v->flags & Modifiers::ABSTRACT);
+        if ($v->hooks === [] && !$abstract) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $className = $this->classDef->getNamespacedName(false);
+        $propName = $v->props !== [] ? $this->parseIdentifier($v->props[0]->name) : '';
+        if ($v->hooks !== []) {
+            if ($v->flags & Modifiers::STATIC) {
+                $this->fatalError($v, 'Cannot declare hooks for static property');
+            }
+            // A readonly class marks every property readonly, exactly like an
+            // explicit per-property modifier.
+            if (($v->flags | $this->classDef->flags) & Modifiers::READONLY) {
+                $this->fatalError($v, 'Hooked properties cannot be readonly');
+            }
+            // Zend checks hook-level modifier conflicts right after the
+            // property-level placement rules, before any abstract-property
+            // rule: a final hook on a private property is rejected first even
+            // when the hook is also bodiless (probed:
+            // `abstract private int $x { final get; }` reports final+private).
+            // A private property cannot be overridden, so a final hook on it
+            // is meaningless; the rule applies in traits as well.
+            foreach ($v->hooks as $hook) {
+                if (($hook->flags & Modifiers::FINAL) && ($v->flags & Modifiers::PRIVATE)) {
+                    $this->fatalError($hook, 'Property hook cannot be both final and private');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($abstract) {
+            if ($v->hooks === []) {
+                $this->fatalError($v, 'Only hooked properties may be declared abstract');
+            }
+            // A bodiless hook of an abstract property is itself abstract. An
+            // abstract hook must be implementable by a subclass, which a
+            // private property forbids, and must be overridable, which final
+            // forbids. Zend reports these per hook, before the default-value
+            // and abstract-hook-presence rules (probed on 8.4.13), and —
+            // unlike abstract private trait METHODS — does not exempt traits.
+            foreach ($v->hooks as $hook) {
+                if ($hook->body !== null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if ($v->flags & Modifiers::PRIVATE) {
+                    $this->fatalError($hook, 'Property hook cannot be both abstract and private');
+                }
+                if ($hook->flags & Modifiers::FINAL) {
+                    $this->fatalError($hook, 'Property hook cannot be both abstract and final');
+                }
+            }
+            foreach ($v->props as $prop) {
+                if ($prop->default !== null) {
+                    $this->fatalError(
+                        $v,
+                        "Cannot specify default value for virtual hooked property {$className}::\${$propName}",
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            $hasAbstractHook = false;
+            foreach ($v->hooks as $hook) {
+                if ($hook->body === null) {
+                    $hasAbstractHook = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!$hasAbstractHook) {
+                $this->fatalError(
+                    $v,
+                    "Abstract property `{$className}::\${$propName}` must specify at least one abstract hook",
+                );
+            }
+            if (!$this->classDef->trait && !($this->classDef->flags & Modifiers::ABSTRACT)) {
+                $this->fatalError(
+                    $v,
+                    "Non-abstract class `{$className}` contains abstract hooked property `\${$propName}`",
+                );
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Without the abstract modifier every declared hook needs a body.
+        foreach ($v->hooks as $hook) {
+            if ($hook->body === null) {
+                $this->fatalError($hook, 'Non-abstract property hook must have a body');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     protected function prepareClassMethod(Node\Stmt\ClassMethod $v, Node\Stmt\Class_|Node\Stmt\Trait_|Node\Stmt\Enum_ $class): void
     {
         $this->resetMethod();