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Monday, July 29, 2024

706. Zakaat On Property For Personal Use

By Asma bint Shameem

1. As for property or the things a person owns, if it is for his PERSONAL use, NO Zakaah is due on it, even if it’s a lot. 

So NO Zakaah is due on cars, house, land, furniture, laptops, clothes, etc. 

That’s because the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
“No zakaah is due from the Muslim on his horse or his slave.” 
(al-Bukhaari, Muslim)

Imaam an-Nawawi said: 
“This hadith is the basis for the ruling that personal property is not subject to zakaah. … This is the view of all the scholars, from the earlier and later generations.”
[Sharh Saheeh Muslim (7/55)]

2. Zakaah is due on gold that’s kept as mortgage collateral 

That’s because the gold still belongs to you and is counted as your wealth. 

The scholars said:
“If this gold reaches the nisaab (minimum threshold) or you have other gold which, when added to it, brings it to the nisaab, then you must pay zakaah on it when one year has passed. The fact that it is being held in pledge in return for the debt does not mean that zakaah is not due on it, because you own it outright.”
(Islamqa Fatwa 99311)

Imaam Al-Nawawi said: 
“If livestock or *any other wealth* that is subject to zakaah is being held in pledge, and one year has passed, then zakaah must be paid on it, because it is owned outright.”
[al-Majmoo’ (5/318)]

And Allaah knows best

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