The zakah on a house intended for rent but not yet rented out
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I intended to rent out a house of mine, and a year has passed, but it has not been rented out yet. Is there any zakah due on it?
Answer:
If you intended it for rent. Is the rental contract just an intention? No, there is nothing due. This is if you intended to sell it; the lunar year begins from the intention. As for renting it out, as long as you have not rented it out, nothing has occurred.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I intended to rent out a house of mine, and a year has passed, but it has not been rented out yet. Is there any zakah due on it?
Answer:
If you intended it for rent. Is the rental contract just an intention? No, there is nothing due. This is if you intended to sell it; the lunar year begins from the intention. As for renting it out, as long as you have not rented it out, nothing has occurred.
Source
مختصر زاد المعاد (للإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب)، مختصر زاد المعاد [65] — alfawzan.live (1:17:05)
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