Khums: Can One Gift Money to Avoid Khums Before Year-End?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Can One Gift Money to Avoid Khums Before Year-End?

English:

Question #852:

Is it permissible for a person to give money to his wife as a gift before the end of his khums year while knowing that his wife will save the money in order to buy a house in the future or to buy them some necessities of life?

Answer #852:

He is allowed to do so, and he is not required to pay khums on the gift he gives to his wife provided that according to people this amount is appropriate to his social status and that of people like him and he has really given it to her as a gift.

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