Zakah on land that was sold and another land bought with its price
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Question:
He says: I have a piece of land that remained with me for a period, then I sold it, and bought another piece of land with its price. I want to build a house on it to endow it for the sake of Allah the Exalted, and this was my intention for both the first and the second land. Do I owe zakah on them?
Answer:
As for the first one, if a lunar year has passed over it after the intention, zakah becomes obligatory on it. So you purify the value for which you sold it. Then you utilize the value for whatever endowment or good you wish, but you must pay the zakah because a year has passed over the land while it was offered for sale, so zakah is obligatory on it. You pay one-fourth of one-tenth of the value for which you sold the land for the past year.
He says: I have a piece of land that remained with me for a period, then I sold it, and bought another piece of land with its price. I want to build a house on it to endow it for the sake of Allah the Exalted, and this was my intention for both the first and the second land. Do I owe zakah on them?
Answer:
As for the first one, if a lunar year has passed over it after the intention, zakah becomes obligatory on it. So you purify the value for which you sold it. Then you utilize the value for whatever endowment or good you wish, but you must pay the zakah because a year has passed over the land while it was offered for sale, so zakah is obligatory on it. You pay one-fourth of one-tenth of the value for which you sold the land for the past year.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب ما جاء في زعموا — islamhouse.com (1:11:09)
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