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. 1525- The prizes given to savings accounts in banks will be halal, if there is no agreement between the depositor and the bank with regard to the prize then if a year passes on the prize, the obligatory precaution is to pay its khums. This is when the depositor does not consider himself entitled to the prize; rather the depositary himself gives prizes to encourage the depositors.

Issue No. 1528- Khums should be paid on minerals whether the mine is on the ground, or under it, and whether it is located in an owned land or at a place which has no owner, whether the extractor is a Muslim or non-Muslim, or is mature or not. In case the mineral is acquired by a child, his legal guardian should pay khums on it.

Issue No. 1529- The mining expenses and refining costs (if necessary) and also the rent that is paid on the mine are deducted from it, and khums should be given on the remainder. However, the annual expenditure is not deducted from the profit of the mine.

Issue No. 1530- If several persons are involved in extracting from a mine, they should, as an obligatory precaution, pay khums on it after deducting the expenditure from it irrespective of whether the extracted material is less or more.

Issue No. 1531- If a person extracts a mineral from the land belonging to another person, it belongs to the owner of the land. And as the owner of the land has not spent anything for extracting it, he [the owner] should pay khums on the entire quantity taken out of the mine. However, if extraction has been carried out by his order, the expenditure should be deducted from the profit of the mine.

Issue No. 1532- If a mine is massive and located on a mubāḥ or an owned land, a Mujtahid or his representative has the right to supervise the extraction and the expenditure of the minerals for the needs of Muslims. In such a case, the extractors should observe the views of the Mujtahid or his representative.

Issue No. 1533- Minerals extracted by an Islamic government are not subject to khums.

Issue No. 1535- If a person finds treasure in a land which does not belong to anyone, and the owner of the treasure is not known at all, it becomes his property and he should pay khums on it. And also, if a person finds a treasure in a land which he has purchased from another person and knows that it does not belong to the previous owners of the land, it becomes his own property and he should pay khums on it. In case however, one considers it probable that it belongs to one of them he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, inform that person about it and if becomes known that it does not belong to him, he should inform the person who owned the land before him. And in the same way he should inform all the persons who were owners of that land earlier. If it turns out that the treasure does not belong to any one of them, it becomes his own property, and he should pay khums on it.