The Money which has been Saved for Purchasing House
Issue No. 1499- If a person needs to have his own house, khums is not due on what he spends on purchasing the house. In case however, his annual income does not suffice for purchasing a house and he has to save money for a couple of years to be able to buy a house, he should pay the khums of the money on which a year has passed. Nevertheless, if for example, he buys the land for the house in the first year and the building materials in the second year and pays for construction of the house in the third year, none of them is subject to khums.
