Zakah on Real Estate Purchased for the Purpose of Leasing
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Question:
The questioner says: A person purchased real estate with the intention of leasing it out. Is he required to pay zakah on it?
Answer:
Zakah is due on the rent. If he receives rent from it, a lunar year passes over it, and it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), he pays zakah on it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: A person purchased real estate with the intention of leasing it out. Is he required to pay zakah on it?
Answer:
Zakah is due on the rent. If he receives rent from it, a lunar year passes over it, and it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), he pays zakah on it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-018-التحذير من البدع والمنكرات في الحج|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:39)
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