Khums: Khums Accounting When Starting Yearly Cycle While in Long-Term Debt

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Khums Accounting When Starting Yearly Cycle While in Long-Term Debt

English:

Question #964:

An individual does not have a yearly account for khums and now he wants to pay khums and have a yearly account. He has been in debt from the time of his marriage up to now. How should he account for the khums?

Answer #964:

If he has never had any income in excess of his annual expenditure, he is not obliged to pay anything with regard to the past.

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