Zakah on land intended for sale
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Question:
So cutting up the land is not what makes it developed, but two years ago you intended to sell it to benefit from its price. Do we have to pay zakah if that is the case? Does the zakah become due from the time of seventy rights?
Answer:
If a year passes from the time of the intention, zakah becomes obligatory on it. If you intend it, the lunar year begins. If you intend it for sale, the lunar year begins. So if twelve months pass over it, zakah becomes obligatory on it. And if a second year passes over it, zakah becomes obligatory on it again, and that is by estimating its value at the end of the year and paying one-quarter of a tenth of the value you estimate.
So cutting up the land is not what makes it developed, but two years ago you intended to sell it to benefit from its price. Do we have to pay zakah if that is the case? Does the zakah become due from the time of seventy rights?
Answer:
If a year passes from the time of the intention, zakah becomes obligatory on it. If you intend it, the lunar year begins. If you intend it for sale, the lunar year begins. So if twelve months pass over it, zakah becomes obligatory on it. And if a second year passes over it, zakah becomes obligatory on it again, and that is by estimating its value at the end of the year and paying one-quarter of a tenth of the value you estimate.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [13] — alfawzan.live (1:10:18)
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