Is Zakat obligatory on real estate that is not invested, or rented out for a meager amount, or empty, or used for the housing of sons, and is paying 2.5% of the commercial profits of a store sufficient for Zakat?
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Zakat is obligatory on lands and houses prepared for trade, treated as Zakat on trade goods. It is also obligatory on rent if it reaches the نصاب (minimum threshold) and a hawl (one lunar year) passes over it. However, what is prepared for personal ownership and dwelling is not subject to Zakat. Zakat is obligatory on a commercial store if the value of what is prepared for sale therein reaches the نصاب and a hawl passes over it. The obligatory Zakat amount is one-quarter of one-tenth (2.5%).
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