Zakah on a Private Library
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Question:
The questioner, Abu Sa'd, says: Shaykh, since I was a child I have loved reading and books. I have collected a number of books and now have this large library containing more than three thousand books. Is there zakah on the library, Shaykh?
Answer:
If you intend them for reading or merely possess them and do not intend to sell them, there is no zakah on them. However, if you intend to sell them and a lunar year has passed over them, you must pay zakah on them. Yes.
The questioner, Abu Sa'd, says: Shaykh, since I was a child I have loved reading and books. I have collected a number of books and now have this large library containing more than three thousand books. Is there zakah on the library, Shaykh?
Answer:
If you intend them for reading or merely possess them and do not intend to sell them, there is no zakah on them. However, if you intend to sell them and a lunar year has passed over them, you must pay zakah on them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (088) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-04-29] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:41)
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