The ruling on zakah on money set aside for construction
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Question:
We will now address the first question received from the listener Abdul Wahid Muhammad from Iraq, Anbar Governorate.
His question, or rather, they are actually two questions:
His first question says: A man has two old houses, so he sold one and demolished the other with the intention of rebuilding it. However, due to the unavailability of the required building materials, the work was delayed until a lunar year passed on the value of the house he sold. After the year had passed, he found the necessary materials to build the house, proceeded to construct the new house, completed its construction, and moved in. Is he required to pay zakah on the amount for which a lunar year has passed from the value of the sold house, which he had set aside for building the new house? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and the final outcome belongs to the righteous, and may the prayers and peace be upon His servant and messenger, His choice from among His creation, and His trustee over His revelation, our Prophet, our Imam, and our master Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows:
The answer to this question is that the money a Muslim sets aside to build a house, or to pay off a debt, or for marriage, or for other purposes, when a lunar year passes over it, its zakah becomes obligatory; due to the generality of the evidence. The evidence indicates that all money over which a lunar year passes, and likewise all goods and commodities over which a lunar year passes that are for trade and sale, all of it is subject to zakah if a lunar year passes over it, even if its owner—that is, the money—had set it aside to build a house for residence, or to buy necessities for the house, or to marry with it, or to pay off debts, or otherwise. The correct view is that zakah is due on it due to the generality of the evidence. Yes.
We will now address the first question received from the listener Abdul Wahid Muhammad from Iraq, Anbar Governorate.
His question, or rather, they are actually two questions:
His first question says: A man has two old houses, so he sold one and demolished the other with the intention of rebuilding it. However, due to the unavailability of the required building materials, the work was delayed until a lunar year passed on the value of the house he sold. After the year had passed, he found the necessary materials to build the house, proceeded to construct the new house, completed its construction, and moved in. Is he required to pay zakah on the amount for which a lunar year has passed from the value of the sold house, which he had set aside for building the new house? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and the final outcome belongs to the righteous, and may the prayers and peace be upon His servant and messenger, His choice from among His creation, and His trustee over His revelation, our Prophet, our Imam, and our master Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows:
The answer to this question is that the money a Muslim sets aside to build a house, or to pay off a debt, or for marriage, or for other purposes, when a lunar year passes over it, its zakah becomes obligatory; due to the generality of the evidence. The evidence indicates that all money over which a lunar year passes, and likewise all goods and commodities over which a lunar year passes that are for trade and sale, all of it is subject to zakah if a lunar year passes over it, even if its owner—that is, the money—had set it aside to build a house for residence, or to buy necessities for the house, or to marry with it, or to pay off debts, or otherwise. The correct view is that zakah is due on it due to the generality of the evidence. Yes.
Source
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