Zakah on land set aside for construction and then for sale
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Question:
The questioner says: I had a piece of land, and I decided to build on it. After two years had passed, I changed my mind about building on it, then I put it up for sale at a real estate office, and it was sold, praise be to Allah, within a month. Is there zakah on it for the years I had decided to build on it? And is there zakah on it now?
Answer:
As for the years that passed while you intended to build on it, there is no zakah on it. As for after you intended to sell it, the obligation of zakah begins from the intention to sell. You say that you sold it and that a month has passed since the intention. The zakah is attached to its value. If a lunar year passes over its value from the time you intended to sell it, then zakah becomes obligatory on it. Yes.
The questioner says: I had a piece of land, and I decided to build on it. After two years had passed, I changed my mind about building on it, then I put it up for sale at a real estate office, and it was sold, praise be to Allah, within a month. Is there zakah on it for the years I had decided to build on it? And is there zakah on it now?
Answer:
As for the years that passed while you intended to build on it, there is no zakah on it. As for after you intended to sell it, the obligation of zakah begins from the intention to sell. You say that you sold it and that a month has passed since the intention. The zakah is attached to its value. If a lunar year passes over its value from the time you intended to sell it, then zakah becomes obligatory on it. Yes.
Source
زكاة الأراضي — alfawzan.live
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