Khums: Are Unused Discounted Home Appliances Bought Before Marriage Liable for Khums?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Are Unused Discounted Home Appliances Bought Before Marriage Liable for Khums?

English:

Question #913:

At times we purchase home appliances, such as a refrigerator, at a lower price than its market value. These appliances will not be necessary for us but in the future, i.e. after marriage. Considering that these things will cost us many times their current cost if bought later, after marriage, and they are now kept unused in the house, are they liable to khums?

Answer #913:

If you have purchased them for the future use with the money from annual earnings, and they are not needed in the year of purchase, they would be liable to khums at their fair market value at the year’s end. But if it is a normal practice to purchase them gradually and store them until needed, due to the inability to acquire them all at once when needed, and it is to an extent that is normal for your social status in the common view, then it is considered part of the annual expenditures and is not liable to khums.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Khums