The Ruling on Zakah in Land Prepared for Construction

Question:
Before the sun rose, I bought two of them. I have already escaped from a piece of land, and I bought another piece of land next to it to establish a commercial complex and extract its value, so that it would return the value of the land. However, the municipality looked at it a second time, so it remained a ruin. The question is: Is there zakah on these two pieces of land? Knowing that I am benefiting from their price, and they are not prepared for trade.

Answer:
If it is not prepared for sale, but rather prepared for construction, then there is no zakah in it. Zakah becomes obligatory in it only if it is prepared for sale, offered for sale, and a year has passed since the intention, because it has then become trade goods. As for if it remains for building upon it, but it has not been possible for you to build on it at the present time, and you are waiting for the opportunity, then there is no zakah in it. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family.