Zakah on land whose owner sold it to build a mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman bought a piece of land and intended that if she sold it, she would use the proceeds to build a mosque. However, she is waiting for the price to rise so that it will be sufficient to build the mosque. Her question is: Is there zakah on this?
Answer:
If she has made it a valid endowment (waqf) and designated it for the mosque, then it becomes an endowment, and she has no claim to it and cannot dispose of it. But if she did not make it an endowment, and it was merely an intention, merely an intention to sell it for the sake of the mosque, then it has not become an endowment up to now. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman bought a piece of land and intended that if she sold it, she would use the proceeds to build a mosque. However, she is waiting for the price to rise so that it will be sufficient to build the mosque. Her question is: Is there zakah on this?
Answer:
If she has made it a valid endowment (waqf) and designated it for the mosque, then it becomes an endowment, and she has no claim to it and cannot dispose of it. But if she did not make it an endowment, and it was merely an intention, merely an intention to sell it for the sake of the mosque, then it has not become an endowment up to now. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الرخصة في إعادة الجماعة وركعتي الطواف في كل وقت — islamhouse.com (1:03:52)
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