Khums: Is Khums Due on a House Built with Non-Khums-Paid Money — At What Value?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Is Khums Due on a House Built with Non-Khums-Paid Money — At What Value?

English:

Question #876:

Is khums applicable to a house constructed some time ago with the money from which khums had not been paid? Assuming that its khums is obligatory, does the appropriate khums correspond to its current value or to the value of the money spent on its construction?

Answer #876:

If the house is constructed as one’s residence spending the earnings gained during the same khums year, it is not subject to khums. But if it is constructed from the earnings of previous khums year(s), one was to pay the khums on this money at the end of the frist khums year. Moreover, if the money value decreased, one should pay khums on the inflation as well. In case that one is unaware of the inflation rate, he should make muṣālaḥah with hākim of shar`.

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