What is the real estate in which zakah is obligatory?
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The questioner:
Please, Ali from al-Qasim. Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. The price is…
The Shaykh:
Peace be upon you.
The questioner:
My question, Shaykh, is about real estate and the zakah on real estate. Is everything a person owns in real estate, other than a house, for example, or a rest house, or a farm, subject to the obligation of zakah, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
If he intends to sell this real estate and a year has passed while he intends to sell it, he must appraise it at its equivalent value and pay zakah on it. However, if he rents it out or lives in it: if he rents it out, the zakah is on the rent; and if he wants it only for residence, then there is nothing due on it. Yes.
Please, Ali from al-Qasim. Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. The price is…
The Shaykh:
Peace be upon you.
The questioner:
My question, Shaykh, is about real estate and the zakah on real estate. Is everything a person owns in real estate, other than a house, for example, or a rest house, or a farm, subject to the obligation of zakah, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
If he intends to sell this real estate and a year has passed while he intends to sell it, he must appraise it at its equivalent value and pay zakah on it. However, if he rents it out or lives in it: if he rents it out, the zakah is on the rent; and if he wants it only for residence, then there is nothing due on it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3941] ما العقار الذي تجب فيه الزكاة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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