Zakah on land purchased for investment and used as a rest stop
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Question:
The questioner says: I bought land with the intention of investing in it, and I set it up as a rest house at the same time. Is there zakah on it?
Answer:
First of all, my brother, rest houses today contain much evil; few of them are free from evil. The gatherings that take place there involve the evils you know of. So I do not approve of a Muslim operating rest houses to exploit them, because they contain evil, and few are free from it. Second, if he intended it for rental, then zakah is due on its rent. If he intended a house, land, orchard, or anything else for rental, then zakah becomes obligatory on its rent. Yes.
The questioner says: I bought land with the intention of investing in it, and I set it up as a rest house at the same time. Is there zakah on it?
Answer:
First of all, my brother, rest houses today contain much evil; few of them are free from evil. The gatherings that take place there involve the evils you know of. So I do not approve of a Muslim operating rest houses to exploit them, because they contain evil, and few are free from it. Second, if he intended it for rental, then zakah is due on its rent. If he intended a house, land, orchard, or anything else for rental, then zakah becomes obligatory on its rent. Yes.
Source
كلمات رمضانية 03-09-1432هـ — alfawzan.live (20:28)
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