Zakah on land prepared for sale
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Question:
Abu 'Abd al-Rahman says: I purchased some land with the intention that if the price rises, I will sell it to buy a house for my sons. My question, Shaykh, is whether zakah is due on it or not? Please note that these lands have been in my possession for more than three years since I bought them, and I only paid the zakah on them for one year.
Answer:
Any land or other property prepared for sale, once a lunar year has passed over it, becomes subject to zakah. So, if you value it at the end of the year, you must pay its zakah for every year; paying it for just one year is not sufficient.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Abu 'Abd al-Rahman says: I purchased some land with the intention that if the price rises, I will sell it to buy a house for my sons. My question, Shaykh, is whether zakah is due on it or not? Please note that these lands have been in my possession for more than three years since I bought them, and I only paid the zakah on them for one year.
Answer:
Any land or other property prepared for sale, once a lunar year has passed over it, becomes subject to zakah. So, if you value it at the end of the year, you must pay its zakah for every year; paying it for just one year is not sufficient.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/165 — archive.org (20:52)
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