Zakah on land where one is undecided between investing in it or selling it
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Question:
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I have had a piece of land for seven years. I was preparing it for investment, sometimes for my own construction, and sometimes for other purposes. I did not know how long the period would be during which I intended to invest in it, nor the period during which I intended not to invest. I have decided this year to sell it. How do I pay the zakah on this land?
Answer:
If you are undecided between selling and investing, there is nothing due on it. There is nothing due on it. If you resolve to sell it, if you resolve to sell it, then the lunar year begins from the intention, from the start of the intention. So if a lunar year passes after the intention, zakah becomes obligatory on it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I have had a piece of land for seven years. I was preparing it for investment, sometimes for my own construction, and sometimes for other purposes. I did not know how long the period would be during which I intended to invest in it, nor the period during which I intended not to invest. I have decided this year to sell it. How do I pay the zakah on this land?
Answer:
If you are undecided between selling and investing, there is nothing due on it. There is nothing due on it. If you resolve to sell it, if you resolve to sell it, then the lunar year begins from the intention, from the start of the intention. So if a lunar year passes after the intention, zakah becomes obligatory on it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / طلب العلم وكيفيته/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:18:14)
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