He has a piece of land granted by the government; is there zakah on it?

Question : He says: I have a piece of land granted by the government ten years ago. How is its zakah calculated? Knowing that it is not worth a large amount, and what is required of me if I delay its zakah until I sell it after a year, or something like that?

Answer : There is no zakah on this. Grants do not have zakah. Because they are not trade lands. The lands that have zakah are the lands in which a person sells and buys. As for lands that came to him as a grant or that he inherited from a relative and he kept them until he needs them, there is no zakah on these. Zakah is only on the goods in which a person trades, selling and buying.