Zakah on Lands and Real Estate
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding lands and real estate, is zakah obligatory on them? Some of these lands are granted, and some do not have official deeds?
Answer:
Lands that he owns and intends to sell become trade goods. The lunar year (hawl) begins from the intention to sell. If the lunar year completes with the intention to sell, he must appraise them at their value when the year is completed and pay one-tenth of their value. If he sells them, he must pay zakah on their value in currency by paying one-tenth, because they have become trade goods. As for the land that he does not own and for which he has not obtained a legal deed, it has not entered into his ownership, so zakah is not obligatory on it. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding lands and real estate, is zakah obligatory on them? Some of these lands are granted, and some do not have official deeds?
Answer:
Lands that he owns and intends to sell become trade goods. The lunar year (hawl) begins from the intention to sell. If the lunar year completes with the intention to sell, he must appraise them at their value when the year is completed and pay one-tenth of their value. If he sells them, he must pay zakah on their value in currency by paying one-tenth, because they have become trade goods. As for the land that he does not own and for which he has not obtained a legal deed, it has not entered into his ownership, so zakah is not obligatory on it. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/019 — archive.org (11:02)
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