The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1520- If a person who has not paid khums since he was mature, and has made profits and purchased some equipment for life, and has now become aware of his religious duty of khums and wishes to fulfil his duty and purify his life he should observe the following: If he has bought with the profits of his trade something which he does not need and one year has passed on it, he should pay its khums. If he has bought household equipment or other necessities in accordance with his social status, it is not necessary to pay khums on them, if he knows that he purchased them during the year with the same year’s profit. If he does not know whether it has been during that year or one year has passed on it, he should, as an obligatory precaution, make compromise with a Mujtahid or his representative. That is, he should calculate all his doubtful properties and the Mujtahid or his representative will make an estimation of khums and will compromise with him, and after he pays the khums, his entire property will become pure.

Issue No. 1522- One who possesses plenty of clothing, rings, ornaments and different household items, if he needs all of them and they are in accordance with his social status, they are not liable to khums provided that they have been acquired from the profits of the same year. In case however, they exceed his needs and status, the extra quantity would be liable to khums.

Issue No. 1523- Money spent on buying haram objects like gold rings for men and instruments for haram entertainment and misguiding amusement are all liable to khums.

Issue No. 1524- The pension or the redundancy payment is counted as part of the same year’s profit, and if nothing of it is left by the end of the year, khums would not be due on it otherwise it will be subject to khums.

Issue No. 2285- If one vows that he will observe fast on a particular day, the obligatory precaution is that he should not go on a journey on that day so that he can observe fast. However, if he travels on that day, it is obligatory to perform that fast as qaḍā later, and he should also offer kaffāra for it as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 2286- If a person intentionally breaks his vow, he has committed a sin and should offer kaffāra for it. The kaffāra for breaking a vow is either feeding sixty poor persons or fasting consecutively for two months or setting free a slave. One is able to choose between either of the first two options, acknowledging that slaves no longer exist.

Issue No. 2287- If a person vows to abandon an act for some specified time, it is permissible to perform it after that time has passed. However, if he performs it before that time due to forgetfulness or compulsion, he will be under no obligation but, it will be necessary for him to refrain from that act for the remaining time and in case he repeats that act before the end of the specified time without any excuse, he must offer kaffāra for it in accordance with what was mentioned in the previous issue.

Issue No. 2288- If a person vows to abandon an act continuously without setting any time limit, and then commits that act intentionally, he should offer kaffāra for the first time he does it, and if his vow was in a way that each instance or act would be included independently under the vow, the obligatory precaution is that he should offer kaffāra for each time that he commits that act. However, if he did not have such an intention or if he doubts about his intention, then only one kaffāra will be obligatory on him.

Issue No. 2289- If a person vows that he/she will observe fast every week on a particular day (e.g., Friday), in case Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha falls on one of the Fridays or an excuse like menses in the case of women occurs, he/she should not observe fast on that day.

Issue No. 2290- If a person makes a vow that he will give a specific amount as ṣadaqa, but dies before giving it, it should be paid from his estate.

Issue No. 2291- If one vows that he will give ṣadaqa to a particular poor person, he cannot give it to another, and in case that poor person dies, he should, as an obligatory precaution, give the ṣadaqa to his heirs.

Issue No. 2292- If one vows to perform the Zīyārat of a particular holy Imam, for example of Imam al-Husayn (as), if he goes for the Zīyārat of another Imam, it will not be sufficient. However, if he cannot perform the Zīyārat of that particular Imam because of an excuse, he will be under no obligation.