The ruling on the zakah of land whose owner is undecided between selling it and building on it

Question : Yes. The questioner says: A person is undecided between selling a piece of land and building on it. Does he have to pay its zakah, or is there no zakah on it?

Answer : There is no zakah on it, because there is no zakah on land, real estate, equipment, or other such things unless a person intends to trade in them. As for what one is undecided about—whether to trade in it or keep it—there is no zakah on it. This question leads us to another question: If a person has money that he has set aside for marriage, or set aside to buy a house to live in, is there zakah on it? The answer is yes, there is zakah on it, because this is money, and money has zakah on it in all cases, unlike real estate and goods, which have no zakah unless they are intended for trade.