The Zakah on Land Offered for Lease

Question:
Among the questions in this episode is one from Abu Sa'id from Jeddah. He says: Praise be to Allah, I have vacant land, and I have put up a sign for rent. My intention in doing so is to preserve my wealth and to avoid being obligated by its zakah, because if I prepared it for sale, I might not be able to preserve my wealth, and I would be obligated to pay its zakah. Is this permissible for me, and is it valid, given that I am obligated to something for the sake of Allah the Exalted?

Answer:
As long as you did not intend to sell it, there is no zakah on it, because it is not for trade but for personal use. If you rent it out, you pay zakah on the rent. As for the land itself, there is no zakah on rented land, or a rented house, or a rented car. Anything that is rented out has no zakah on itself; rather, zakah becomes obligatory on its rent when a lunar year has passed and it reaches the minimum threshold. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.