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Zakaat on One's House

· 25 Jumada II 1433 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

We have Alhamdullillah two houses. One we are using to live and the other we are receiving rent from it and also my father's shop is there in this house...how should we pay zakaat on it? As far as I know there is no zakaat on the house we are living in. Please provide me with the details.

Answer

Zakaat is not payable on the house.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

( ولا في ثياب البدن ) المحتاج إليها لدفع الحر والبرد ابن ملك ( وأثاث المنزل ودور السكنى ونحوها ) وكذا الكتب وإن لم تكن لأهلها إذا لم تنو للتجارة. (رد المحتار 2/264)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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