The Ruling on the Zakah of Land Plots
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, I have more than six land plots that I bought during times of low prices, and I want to know the ruling on the zakah due on them. Now, the value has increased many times over, and the work involved in calculating the zakah has increased.
Answer:
If you bought them with the intention of trade and sale, then the lunar year (hawl) begins from the time of purchase. However, if you bought them with the intention of holding them, and then you intended to trade them, the zakah lunar year begins from the intention, from the time you intended to sell them. If a year has passed since the intention, or since you acquired them with the intention of trade, then zakah becomes obligatory on them. This is done by appraising them, meaning you determine their value, and then you pay the zakah, which is one-quarter of one-tenth of their value. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: Shaykh, I have more than six land plots that I bought during times of low prices, and I want to know the ruling on the zakah due on them. Now, the value has increased many times over, and the work involved in calculating the zakah has increased.
Answer:
If you bought them with the intention of trade and sale, then the lunar year (hawl) begins from the time of purchase. However, if you bought them with the intention of holding them, and then you intended to trade them, the zakah lunar year begins from the intention, from the time you intended to sell them. If a year has passed since the intention, or since you acquired them with the intention of trade, then zakah becomes obligatory on them. This is done by appraising them, meaning you determine their value, and then you pay the zakah, which is one-quarter of one-tenth of their value. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/290 — archive.org (5:37)
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