How is zakat calculated on a three-story house with a shop (the first floor is for the mother's residence, the second for the questioner's residence, the third under construction for future rental), a car for personal use, a summer apartment for personal use, a plot of land for sale or building for investment, and a four-story house under construction (the first for residence and the rest for sale or rental for investment)?
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There is no zakat on real estate intended for residential use (floors of houses, a vacation apartment), nor on a car for personal use. A rented commercial property has no zakat on its intrinsic value, but rather on its rental income if it reaches the aformentioned threshold and a year has passed over it. As for a plot of land and other floors under construction, for which no definitive decision has been made to sell or invest them, there is no zakat due on them.
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