Zakah on land prepared for sale, then sold after ten years
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the zakah calculated on land that its owner prepared for sale ten years ago and has now sold?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
How is the zakah calculated on land that its owner prepared for sale ten years ago, and he has now sold it and received the money, and he has not paid zakah since he bought it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he is required to appraise it every year at its value and pay its zakah for each year. He totals the years and pays it all from the sale price. Because how can the years pass while he intends to sell it and does not pay its zakah? Its zakah remains a debt on him for each year, so he counts them and pays the zakah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the zakah calculated on land that its owner prepared for sale ten years ago and has now sold?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
How is the zakah calculated on land that its owner prepared for sale ten years ago, and he has now sold it and received the money, and he has not paid zakah since he bought it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he is required to appraise it every year at its value and pay its zakah for each year. He totals the years and pays it all from the sale price. Because how can the years pass while he intends to sell it and does not pay its zakah? Its zakah remains a debt on him for each year, so he counts them and pays the zakah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب موجبات الغسل — islamhouse.com (1:07:35)
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