Is zakat obligatory on an apartment that was purchased with the intention of preserving money and perhaps selling it later, knowing that the husband sometimes borrows to pay its installments and does not have surplus funds?
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As long as you are hesitant between living in it and selling it, and have not definitively intended to sell it, then there is no due on it.
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