Zakah on land whose intention changed from residence to sale
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I have a piece of land, and I intended to build a residence on it. Then my opinion changed, and I resolved to sell it to make a profit. Do I pay zakah on it for the years, or for the previous years during which I intended to establish a residence on it?
Answer:
No, there is no zakah on it for those years in which you intended to establish a residence on it. The zakah year (hawl) begins from the intention to sell. If you intend it for sale, then from the beginning of your intention until a full lunar year (hawl) has passed, that is what is subject to zakah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I have a piece of land, and I intended to build a residence on it. Then my opinion changed, and I resolved to sell it to make a profit. Do I pay zakah on it for the years, or for the previous years during which I intended to establish a residence on it?
Answer:
No, there is no zakah on it for those years in which you intended to establish a residence on it. The zakah year (hawl) begins from the intention to sell. If you intend it for sale, then from the beginning of your intention until a full lunar year (hawl) has passed, that is what is subject to zakah. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:25)
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