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Is Zakat obligatory on one who owns a car displayed for sale for personal use if a hawl has passed over it?

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The majority of jurists hold that Zakat is obligatory on trade goods under two conditions: that one acquires them through their own action, such as purchase or gift, and that they intend them for trade at the time of acquisition. Some scholars, however, are of the opinion that intention alone makes an item a trade good, even if one did not acquire it through their own action or their initial intention was not for trade. Sheikh Ibn 'Uthaymin preferred this latter view, distinguishing between someone who sells with the intention of trade and profit, and someone who sells because they no longer desire the item, without the intention of trade. The former owes Zakat, while the latter does not. Accordingly, if the car is sold because one no longer desires it, there is no Zakat due on it. However, if it is for trade and profit, then Zakat is due after a year has passed from the intention of trade.

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