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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If one hesitates about selling land, is zakah due on it?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He says: I have three adjacent residential plots of land. I tried to buy the fourth adjacent plot but did not get it. I have been offering these lands for sale for a while, and I do not know if the period is more than a year or less. During this time, I was striving to obtain the fourth plot, such that if I had obtained it, I would not have sold the lands. Now, however, I have decided against selling them. Is zakah due on them? And what is the duration of the zakah required?

Answer:
Based on what the questioner mentioned, there is no zakah on him, because he did not firmly resolve to sell the land during this period; rather, he was hesitant. In the end, he decided not to sell it. So, he was hesitant during this period, and as long as he is hesitant, there is no zakah on him. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من تردد في بيع أرض، هل عليها زكاة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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