Khums: Khums on Investment and Business Expenditures

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Khums on Investment and Business Expenditures

English:

Question #946:

Does khums apply to the money that one spends on investments and business transactions?

Answer #946:

What is spent in obtaining profits from capital, that is, the costs of storage, transportation, weighing, middleman, etc. is excluded from that year’s earnings and is not subject to khums.

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