What is the ruling on zakah in a piece of land that my cousin bought, having in mind an eighty percent probability that it is for trade and a twenty percent probability that it is for him to build on?
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The questioner : The second question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: One of our cousins bought a plot of land, a piece of land.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: ... eighty percent he took it for trade, and twenty percent, meaning approximately, he took it for himself.
The student: Yes, yes, with you.
The questioner: ... Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Our cousin says that he bought a plot of land, a piece of land.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And there is an eighty percent probability, he tells you, meaning he has in his mind that it is for trade, and a twenty percent probability that it will be for him, meaning he will build on it, so does zakah come out of it?
The Shaykh: Why did he buy it?
The questioner: He bought it with eighty percent in mind for trade, and twenty percent that it will be for him to build on.
The Shaykh: No, my brother, it does not come out.
The questioner: Before Ramadan.
The Shaykh: No zakah comes out of it until the day he sells it and the price is in his possession.
The questioner: Before Ramadan ... .
The Shaykh: He must give what his soul is pleased with from the zakah of the wealth, which is the price of that land.
The questioner: When he receives the price.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: One of our cousins bought a plot of land, a piece of land.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: ... eighty percent he took it for trade, and twenty percent, meaning approximately, he took it for himself.
The student: Yes, yes, with you.
The questioner: ... Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Our cousin says that he bought a plot of land, a piece of land.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And there is an eighty percent probability, he tells you, meaning he has in his mind that it is for trade, and a twenty percent probability that it will be for him, meaning he will build on it, so does zakah come out of it?
The Shaykh: Why did he buy it?
The questioner: He bought it with eighty percent in mind for trade, and twenty percent that it will be for him to build on.
The Shaykh: No, my brother, it does not come out.
The questioner: Before Ramadan.
The Shaykh: No zakah comes out of it until the day he sells it and the price is in his possession.
The questioner: Before Ramadan ... .
The Shaykh: He must give what his soul is pleased with from the zakah of the wealth, which is the price of that land.
The questioner: When he receives the price.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course.
The questioner: Yes.
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