Zakah on Trade Land After It Is Built Upon
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a person owns land for trade and then builds on it after a year has passed, is he required to pay zakah?
Answer:
If the year has completed while he intends to sell it, then zakah is due on it for that year. Once he builds on it, it is exempt from zakah in the future. However, for the year that completed while he intended to sell it, the zakah obligation has become established.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a person owns land for trade and then builds on it after a year has passed, is he required to pay zakah?
Answer:
If the year has completed while he intends to sell it, then zakah is due on it for that year. Once he builds on it, it is exempt from zakah in the future. However, for the year that completed while he intended to sell it, the zakah obligation has become established.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الأول في انقسام القلوب إلى صحيح وسقيم وميت — islamhouse.com (59:17)
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