Zakah on a plot of land prepared for investment and sale
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man bought a large plot of land several years ago for investment, and he has now started selling it, and its price has increased. He pays zakah on every piece he sells. Is this sufficient? Or is he required to pay for the previous years?
Answer:
He must pay for the previous years as long as he has land that he intends to sell. Every time a year passes over it, he pays zakah on it. He pays zakah on the value of what he has sold, and he appraises what remains and pays zakah on it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man bought a large plot of land several years ago for investment, and he has now started selling it, and its price has increased. He pays zakah on every piece he sells. Is this sufficient? Or is he required to pay for the previous years?
Answer:
He must pay for the previous years as long as he has land that he intends to sell. Every time a year passes over it, he pays zakah on it. He pays zakah on the value of what he has sold, and he appraises what remains and pays zakah on it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من كتاب الزكاة : باب الحث عليها والتشديد في منعها — islamhouse.com (1:00:19)
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