A person builds a property to rent it out in the future; is he required to pay zakah while he is building it?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person builds a property to rent it out in the future; is he required to pay zakah while he is building it?
Answer:
No, the zakah is on its income. If he receives rent and a lunar year passes over it, he pays zakah on it. As for the time of its construction and preparation, since he intends to rent it out, there is no zakah on it. The zakah is on the rent when he receives it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person builds a property to rent it out in the future; is he required to pay zakah while he is building it?
Answer:
No, the zakah is on its income. If he receives rent and a lunar year passes over it, he pays zakah on it. As for the time of its construction and preparation, since he intends to rent it out, there is no zakah on it. The zakah is on the rent when he receives it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1336 /1350] إنسان يبني عقارا ليؤجره في المستقبل فهل عليه زكاة في الوقت الذي يبنيه فيه؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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