Zakah on Rental Income
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Question:
Umm 'Ali says that she has a building prepared for rent, and every year she receives this rent. What is the ruling on the income from this building? And when does she start paying the zakah on it?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. This is from good earnings. Rents on houses, buildings, or shops are a good thing. Zakah becomes obligatory when a lunar year has passed on the rent, from the time of the contract. If she contracted the lease and then a lunar year has passed on the contract, she pays zakah on this rent if it reaches the nisab, or if she combines it with other money from her assets. Yes.
Umm 'Ali says that she has a building prepared for rent, and every year she receives this rent. What is the ruling on the income from this building? And when does she start paying the zakah on it?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. This is from good earnings. Rents on houses, buildings, or shops are a good thing. Zakah becomes obligatory when a lunar year has passed on the rent, from the time of the contract. If she contracted the lease and then a lunar year has passed on the contract, she pays zakah on this rent if it reaches the nisab, or if she combines it with other money from her assets. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/289 — archive.org (14:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.