Zakaat on rent prepaid in advance
Question
Salaam alaykum
I am currently renting where I live. Landlord insisted in twelve months rental in advance which I agreed to and paid over. Zakaat is now due from me. Does this amount of prepaid rental (around nine months left) be added to my list of assets?
Answer
Wa’alaykum as Salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
That rent which has been paid, whether in advance or not, will not be added to one’s Zakaatable assets since ownership of such wealth has been transferred.
In the event that any amount has been refunded therefrom, that amount will be added to one’s Zakaatable assets.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala knows best.
Answered by: Mufti Ismail Moosa