Do I own plots of land, and is zakah obligatory on them, knowing that I have not put them up for sale?
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Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have several plots of land. Is zakah obligatory on them, knowing that I have not put them up for sale?
Answer:
The issue is not about putting them up for sale; the issue is about the intention. Do you intend to sell them or not? If you intend to sell them, they become trade goods, and zakah is obligatory on them if a lunar year has passed. But if you do not intend to sell them, there is no zakah on them.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have several plots of land. Is zakah obligatory on them, knowing that I have not put them up for sale?
Answer:
The issue is not about putting them up for sale; the issue is about the intention. Do you intend to sell them or not? If you intend to sell them, they become trade goods, and zakah is obligatory on them if a lunar year has passed. But if you do not intend to sell them, there is no zakah on them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [426 /641] أملك قطعا من الأرض فهل تجب فيها الزكاة علما بأنني لم أعرضها للبيع؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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