{"id":25668,"date":"2022-06-21T20:22:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=25668"},"modified":"2022-06-21T20:22:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:22:13","slug":"zakat-on-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/zakat-on-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakat on Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 06129<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Assalaamualaikum. If someone buys land in India in a village because it was a good price, knowing that they will <em>likely<\/em> sell it in the distant future so that they can settle in a bigger city, is there zakat on it? From what he\u2019s saying, he didn\u2019t really buy it with the express intention of selling it, but he knows he probably won\u2019t settle in that rural area, so he will most likely sell it at some point<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Zakat is Wajib on things one purchases with the clear intention of re-selling (Badai Al Sanai, Vol 2, Pg 429). As he did not buy it with the express intention of selling it, Zakat will not be paid for it. If he sells the land, he should add the money he receives to his other Zakatable assets at the time and gives Zakat on that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u0623\u0645\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0635\u0641\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0647\u0630\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0635\u0627\u0628<\/strong> <strong>\u0641\u0647\u064a<\/strong> <strong>\u0623\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u0639\u062f\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0644\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0647\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0623\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u064a\u0645\u0633\u0643\u0647\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0644\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0630\u0644\u0643<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u0646\u064a\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0646\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 06129 &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; Assalaamualaikum. 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