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30 / 12 / 2025
Zakat on Purchased Assets in Installments
I live in Canada with my husband and children, and my husband is the only one who works. 'We bought a house for which we are paying installments and three cars due to the cold in Canada, all of which we are paying installments for.' Before we traveled, we owned two plots of land in Jordan, one intended for building a house on it in the future and living in it when we grow old, and the second one could be sold if its price increases. I have gold jewelry worth approximately (5000) dinars, and I do not work, and I wear some of it on occasions. My husband's salary goes entirely to expenses and installments, so what is required of me in terms of Zakat?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: Your wealth or your husband's wealth is subject to zakat if it reaches the nisab, which is (100) grams of gold, and the lands are not subject to zakat because they are not for trade as it appears. Trade is what is bought to be sold, and this condition has not been met in your case, and God knows best.
