The Ruling on Zakah for Machines Prepared for Sale and How They Are Valued
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh! A person bought some machines in order to sell them, so he asks about the zakah on these machines: is there zakah on them? And if there is zakah, does he pay it based on the price at which he bought these machines?
Answer:
Machines or anything else, whatever a person intends to buy and sell counts as trade goods. If a lunar year passes over their value at the price he bought them for, he pays their zakah. He does this by valuing them at the end of the lunar year at what they are worth, whether that is the same as the purchase price, more, or less. He does not pay zakah based on what he paid for them, but rather he pays zakah based on what they are worth at the end of the lunar year, whether that amount is small or large. Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh! A person bought some machines in order to sell them, so he asks about the zakah on these machines: is there zakah on them? And if there is zakah, does he pay it based on the price at which he bought these machines?
Answer:
Machines or anything else, whatever a person intends to buy and sell counts as trade goods. If a lunar year passes over their value at the price he bought them for, he pays their zakah. He does this by valuing them at the end of the lunar year at what they are worth, whether that is the same as the purchase price, more, or less. He does not pay zakah based on what he paid for them, but rather he pays zakah based on what they are worth at the end of the lunar year, whether that amount is small or large. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6727- حكم الزكاة في الآلات المعدة للبيع وكيف تُقَوَّم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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