Islam Question and Answer - He vowed to build a mosque but now he wants to sell the land

Thu 12/1/1430 - 8/1/2009

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Principles of Fiqh » Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings » Acts of Worship » Vows

He vowed to build a mosque but now he wants to sell the land

Allah has blessed me and I bought a piece of land in order to build a house on it. This was three years ago. After I bought it I felt how greatly Allah has blessed me and I vowed to make the ground floor as a Masjid, and make the upper floors as a home. I said in front of my relatives and friends that I vowed to do so and so. I found later that my financial situation does not enable me to fulfil my vow. As construction is expensive, I am willing to sell this piece of land in a few months. Do I have to do something instead of building a Masjid so that I fulfil the vow, or as I will sell this land my vow is cancelled?
As for paying Zakah, shall I pay Zakah on the amount by which I bought the land or the amount by which I will sell it? Please clarify the matter for me, may Allah reward you!.

Praise be to Allaah.

It seems from your question that you want to build on this land that you bought and make the ground floor of it into a mosque, and that you made this vow out of gratitude to Allaah for having enabled you to buy this land, but now you cannot build on it and you are asking whether it is permissible to sell it.

No, it is not permissible for you to sell it, because you vowed to make the ground floor of it into a mosque, and to make the upper floors into accommodation. So long as you cannot afford to build it at present, then you must wait until Allaah enables you to build on it and fulfil your vow, because you did not despair of being able to afford it and fulfil this vow until now.

You do not have to pay zakaah during this period, because you did not intend to sell it, rather you intended to build on it.

Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (1/104).

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