Zakah on land offered for sale, then withdrawing the intention to sell
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Question:
I have two questions, my brother. The first question, may you live long, is that I have two plots of land. I was in need of money, so I offered both for sale and kept just one. I sold the first one, and I did not intend to sell the second. Is zakah due on it or not? And on the day I was in need of money, I intended to sell both. All right, let us hear from Shaykh Salih. Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
If a lunar year has passed on the land intended for sale, zakah is obligatory on it. However, if you withdrew your intention to sell before the lunar year was completed on the land, then nothing is due on it. Yes.
I have two questions, my brother. The first question, may you live long, is that I have two plots of land. I was in need of money, so I offered both for sale and kept just one. I sold the first one, and I did not intend to sell the second. Is zakah due on it or not? And on the day I was in need of money, I intended to sell both. All right, let us hear from Shaykh Salih. Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
If a lunar year has passed on the land intended for sale, zakah is obligatory on it. However, if you withdrew your intention to sell before the lunar year was completed on the land, then nothing is due on it. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 14-10-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (20:08)
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