{"id":77,"date":"2026-07-11T20:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/?post_type=fatwa&#038;p=77"},"modified":"2026-07-11T20:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:56:51","slug":"zakat-on-a-plot-of-land","status":"publish","type":"fatwa","link":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/en\/fatawa\/zakat-on-a-plot-of-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakat on a Plot of Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Wa alaykum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">In cases of mixed intentions, what matters is the <strong>primary intention at the time of purchase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\u2014 If the primary intention was to <strong>preserve the value of money or to sell in the future at a higher price<\/strong>, this falls under saving or trade, and Zakat is obligatory in both cases. It is calculated based on the <strong>quick-sale value<\/strong> of the land, and <strong>2.5% is due every year<\/strong> as long as it remains in this state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\u2014 If the land is being rented out, Zakat is due on the <strong>total annual rental income<\/strong>, not on the value of the land itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\u2014 If the intentions were genuinely mixed and included the <strong>intention to build and live on it<\/strong>, to the extent that you cannot identify which intention was primary at the time of purchase, then <strong>no Zakat is due<\/strong> on the land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">And Allah the Almighty knows best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","fatwa_category":[],"class_list":["post-77","fatwa","type-fatwa","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fatwa"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fatwa_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakat-iq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa_category?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}