Zakah on land offered for sale and the start of the hawl
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Question:
The questioner says: A person has a piece of land and has put it up for sale because he needs money. Is zakah due on it, knowing that it has not been sold yet? And if zakah is due on it, when is it calculated?
Answer:
If he intends to sell it, the lunar year begins. If a year passes while he intends to sell it but he has not sold it—though the intention remains, but no customer has come or the price he wants has not been offered, and he is waiting for a higher price—then when the lunar year is completed, he estimates its value and pays zakah on it by giving one-quarter of a tenth. If he sells it during the lunar year and the proceeds remain with him until the lunar year is completed from the time of his intention, then he pays zakah on the value. Yes.
The questioner says: A person has a piece of land and has put it up for sale because he needs money. Is zakah due on it, knowing that it has not been sold yet? And if zakah is due on it, when is it calculated?
Answer:
If he intends to sell it, the lunar year begins. If a year passes while he intends to sell it but he has not sold it—though the intention remains, but no customer has come or the price he wants has not been offered, and he is waiting for a higher price—then when the lunar year is completed, he estimates its value and pays zakah on it by giving one-quarter of a tenth. If he sells it during the lunar year and the proceeds remain with him until the lunar year is completed from the time of his intention, then he pays zakah on the value. Yes.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 13-09-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (20:25)
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