Title: As Salamualaikum, Respected Mufti Sahaab, I have a question with regards to zakaat, I am staying in Dubai, i have a house in bangalore which i have taken on a lease and on completion of the lease period the owner will give back the money and currently my brother-in-law is staying in the house and he is studying. Also i have two plots of worth 7 lakhs, it is an unbulid area and i dont have any plans to sell in near future, i have to repay 1.5 lakhs off 7 lakhs, which i had taken from my father-in-law. Do i need to pay zakat for the house and the other 2 plots?

Question: As Salamualaikum, Respected Mufti Sahaab, I have a question with regards to zakaat, I am staying in Dubai, i have a house in bangalore which i have taken on a lease and on completion of the lease period the owner will give back the money and currently my brother-in-law is staying in the house and he is studying. Also i have two plots of worth 7 lakhs, it is an unbulid area and i dont have any plans to sell in near future, i have to repay 1.5 lakhs off 7 lakhs, which i had taken from my father-in-law. Do i need to pay zakat for the house and the other 2 plots?

Answer ID: 16564Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1677/1335/L=1430)

If you have taken the house on rent, there is no Zakah on the value of that house. However, the amount you have given to house owner, which you will get after completion of agreement, Zakah is wajib on that amount. However, the ruling of Zakah on both the plots is that if you have neither purchased them with the intention of business nor you intend to sell them in near future, there is no Zakah on their value. But if you have purchased both the plots only with the intention of selling, then Zakah shall be wajib on their value and it will be paid according to the selling price of the plots.