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Zakah determinations.

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What is the zakath to be paid on house bought, after making a partial payment?

The balance amount is being paid in monthly installments.

The house at present is on rent, which in turn is used to make the balance payment.

 

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Zakah determinations

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If the total net worth of any believer (man, woman, or child) is more than the prescribed ‘nisaab’ of 7.5 ‘tolas’ of gold (app. 85 grams or app. Value US$2,100.00), then the person is liable to pay the obligatory annual ‘zakah’ of 2.5% on their excess wealth which has been in their possession for a full calendar year.

 

If the total net worth of any believer is less than the prescribed ‘nisaab’, he/she is not liable to pay any ‘zakah’ until their net worth exceeds the prescribed ‘nisaab’.

 

For the purpose of determining ‘zakah’, the ‘Net Excess Assets’ would be the current market value of all of one’s assets (properties, investments, jewelry, cash, etc.) except:

  1. the value of the house/s one owns and actually lives in
  2. the value of the car/vehicle one uses on a regular basis
  3. the value of the furniture and fixtures one uses on a regular basis.

 

Your Question:

What is the zakath to be paid on house bought, after making a partial payment?

The balance amount is being paid in monthly installments.

The house at present is on rent, which in turn is used to make the balance payment.

Lets assume you bought the house a year ago the value of which was 100,000.00; lets assume you made an initial partial payment of 25,000.00 and over the course of the year you paid another 5,000.00 towards the house (regardless of whether from the rental income of the house or any other source). Today, one year after you purchased the house, the fair market value of the house is 110,000.00.

 

In such a scenario, you will be liable to pay ‘zakah’ for this year on 25,000.00 (your initial investment) + the 5,000.00 (your subsequent payments towards the house) + 10,000.00 (the increase in the value of the house); thus for the year your ‘zakah’ for the property will be 2.50% of 40,000.00 or 1,000.00.

 

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Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan

 


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