Zakah on land one is undecided about selling
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Abu Ra'id has a message for this program, which he sent via fax. He says: I have a plot of land in the city of Riyadh, specifically in its southern part. Its price has not exceeded 10,000 riyals from ten years ago until now. I intend to either sell it or build on it and rent it out. Is there zakah on it in this state? And if there is zakah on it, what about the past ten years? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If you are, as you mentioned, undecided between selling it or building on it and renting it out, then there is no zakah on it. Zakah becomes obligatory on it only if you resolve to sell it, because at that point it becomes trade goods. However, if you are undecided about selling it, there is no zakah on it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. Abu Ra'id has a message for this program, which he sent via fax. He says: I have a plot of land in the city of Riyadh, specifically in its southern part. Its price has not exceeded 10,000 riyals from ten years ago until now. I intend to either sell it or build on it and rent it out. Is there zakah on it in this state? And if there is zakah on it, what about the past ten years? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If you are, as you mentioned, undecided between selling it or building on it and renting it out, then there is no zakah on it. Zakah becomes obligatory on it only if you resolve to sell it, because at that point it becomes trade goods. However, if you are undecided about selling it, there is no zakah on it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 248 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (2:25)
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