Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

if a person having a Land with intention to make house on it, or to save for some purpose, should he pay Zakat on it

· 12 Shaʻban 1426 AH1 min readFatwa 13469English

Question

1) if a person having a Land with intention to make house on it, or to save for some purpose, should he pay Zakat on it. (2) If he have to pay money for deceased parent's, namaz and roaza, to whom the money in this regard can be given. Jazakallah.

Answer

1. There is no Zakaat on the land. (Tahtawi pg.714)

2. The money should be given to the poor and needy. (Aap ke Masaail pg.393)

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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