Zakah on land whose owner intends to sell it when its price rises
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person owns land and does not put it up for sale, but his intention is that he will sell it when its price rises, is there zakah on it?
Answer:
Who said that he is required to put it up for sale? The jurists say that if he intends to sell it, even if he does not put it up for sale, if he intends to sell it, it becomes subject to zakah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person owns land and does not put it up for sale, but his intention is that he will sell it when its price rises, is there zakah on it?
Answer:
Who said that he is required to put it up for sale? The jurists say that if he intends to sell it, even if he does not put it up for sale, if he intends to sell it, it becomes subject to zakah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 50 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / أحوال النبي بالمدينة / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:14)
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