A piece of land one bought for various purposes


A: If you all intended to sell the mentioned plot, and a Hawl (one lunar year calculated from the time a property reaches the minimum amount upon which Zakah is due) has passed since you intended to sell it, it becomes Wajib (obligatory) on each one of you to pay the Zakah due on his share if its value reaches the Nisab (the minimum amount on which Zakah is due). Each one should estimate the value of his share upon the passage of a Hawl and pay one-quarter of one-tenth of it as Zakah. The beginning of the Hawl should be counted from the time you intended to sell the plot. Zakah is Wajib only on those who intended to sell their share of the plot, not on those who intended to keep it. The same ruling applies to the other land you own, i.e. If you intended it for sale, Zakah becomes due on it in the same manner mentioned above. It makes no difference whether it came into your possession as a gift or by any other means.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.


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