Zakah on land prepared for sale and on the debt of its owner
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Question:
Allah has named their faces. He also says: If a person has land prepared for sale and he has a debt, does he deduct the value of the debt from the value of the land and pay zakah on the remainder, or does he pay zakah on the full value of the land and then settle the debt?
Answer:
If a lunar year has passed over land that was intended for sale, or if a lunar year has passed over its value at which it was purchased for sale, he pays zakah on it. He completes the year and pays zakah on whatever it amounts to. If he sold it, he pays zakah on its value, because the lunar year has passed over it, so zakah is obligatory on it. The debt does not reduce that; rather, he pays zakah on it, because zakah became obligatory on it or on its value, so he pays zakah on it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward him.
Allah has named their faces. He also says: If a person has land prepared for sale and he has a debt, does he deduct the value of the debt from the value of the land and pay zakah on the remainder, or does he pay zakah on the full value of the land and then settle the debt?
Answer:
If a lunar year has passed over land that was intended for sale, or if a lunar year has passed over its value at which it was purchased for sale, he pays zakah on it. He completes the year and pays zakah on whatever it amounts to. If he sold it, he pays zakah on its value, because the lunar year has passed over it, so zakah is obligatory on it. The debt does not reduce that; rather, he pays zakah on it, because zakah became obligatory on it or on its value, so he pays zakah on it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward him.
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب [3] — alfawzan.live (1:14:41)
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