The ruling on zakah in land that its owner intends to sell
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There is a piece of land that has not been used for ten or fifteen years, approximately, and its owner intends to sell it if he gets a price for it. Is there any zakah due on this?
If this man who has land is waiting for someone to buy it, and if he is one of those who trade in land, then he owes its zakah, even if it remains for years. However, if it is land that he has and he has no need for it and wants to sell it, but no customer has come to buy it, then there is no zakah on it.
Land, vessels, furnishings, and the like of goods for trade do not have zakah due on them unless one intends them for trade.
If this man who has land is waiting for someone to buy it, and if he is one of those who trade in land, then he owes its zakah, even if it remains for years. However, if it is land that he has and he has no need for it and wants to sell it, but no customer has come to buy it, then there is no zakah on it.
Land, vessels, furnishings, and the like of goods for trade do not have zakah due on them unless one intends them for trade.