Is zakah obligatory on land that its owner intends to sell and build a waqf (endowment) for Allah with the proceeds?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have a piece of land that I will sell on the basis that if I sell it, I will build a waqf (endowment) with the money. Is there zakah on it during the period before I sell it? What about after it becomes a waqf?
Answer:
If you made it a waqf (endowment) now, there would be no zakah on it. But you say you will sell it and use the price to make a waqf, so it is still in your ownership? As long as it is in your ownership, zakah is obligatory on it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have a piece of land that I will sell on the basis that if I sell it, I will build a waqf (endowment) with the money. Is there zakah on it during the period before I sell it? What about after it becomes a waqf?
Answer:
If you made it a waqf (endowment) now, there would be no zakah on it. But you say you will sell it and use the price to make a waqf, so it is still in your ownership? As long as it is in your ownership, zakah is obligatory on it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [652 -2802] هل تجب الزكاة في الأرض التي نوى صاحبها أن يبيعها ويبني بالمال وقفا لله؟ — youtube.com
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