The Zakah of a Rented House
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Question:
Another questioner, calling in via the program's phone line, asks: If a man has a house that he has rented out, other than the one he lives in, does he pay zakah on the value of the house, or on the rent he receives from it?
Answer:
If he is renting it out, zakah is obligatory on the rent if it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) and a lunar year has passed over it. As for the house itself, if he does not intend to sell it, there is no zakah on it; the zakah is only on the rent. However, if he intends to sell it and a lunar year has passed over it, then zakah is obligatory on it because it has become trade goods. It is valued at what it is worth, and its zakah is paid out. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Another questioner, calling in via the program's phone line, asks: If a man has a house that he has rented out, other than the one he lives in, does he pay zakah on the value of the house, or on the rent he receives from it?
Answer:
If he is renting it out, zakah is obligatory on the rent if it reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) and a lunar year has passed over it. As for the house itself, if he does not intend to sell it, there is no zakah on it; the zakah is only on the rent. However, if he intends to sell it and a lunar year has passed over it, then zakah is obligatory on it because it has become trade goods. It is valued at what it is worth, and its zakah is paid out. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (168) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-01-03] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (17:05)
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