The ruling on the zakah of land owned for sale
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh. This last question says: If I have land and I have not put it up for sale, nor placed it with a real estate office, but in my intention, if a good price comes to me for it, I will sell it, is zakah obligatory on it?
Answer:
Yes, the intention is sufficient, even if you have not put it up for sale, announced it, or placed it with a broker, as long as your intention is that it is for sale. In that case, it becomes trade goods. If a lunar year passes from the time of your intention, it is valued at its worth at the end of the year and zakah is paid on it at one-quarter of a tenth.
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh. This last question says: If I have land and I have not put it up for sale, nor placed it with a real estate office, but in my intention, if a good price comes to me for it, I will sell it, is zakah obligatory on it?
Answer:
Yes, the intention is sufficient, even if you have not put it up for sale, announced it, or placed it with a broker, as long as your intention is that it is for sale. In that case, it becomes trade goods. If a lunar year passes from the time of your intention, it is valued at its worth at the end of the year and zakah is paid on it at one-quarter of a tenth.
Source
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