Khums: Buying a Car with Mixed Funds — When Is Khums Required?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Buying a Car with Mixed Funds — When Is Khums Required?

English:

Question #919:

A person buys a car for his family’s comfort and pays for it by money whose khums is not paid and by the earnings made during the year. Is he liable to pay khums on that money? And if he purchases the car to use for work-related purposes, or both, what would be the rule?

Answer #919:

If the car was intended for purposes related to his work and business, then it is ruled as tools of business in respect of liability to khums. But if it is meant for his daily living needs, and the common view considers it as a normal need for such a person as per his social status, it is not liable to khums. Of course, if the money with which the car is bought was subject to khums, its khums should be paid. If it is bought for both purposes, he should pay its khums in proportion.

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