Khums: Khums on Saved Assets and Pensions for Martyrs’ Children

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Khums on Saved Assets and Pensions for Martyrs’ Children

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Question #945:

We have saved some assets for the children of the martyrs from the profits of factories, farmlands, etc., which belonged to some venerable martyrs, through which they were sustaining their living, or from the pensions that the Martyrs’ Foundation pays the martyr’s small children. Occasionally, part of these assets is spent to provide for their necessary needs. Please explain if these profits and saved pensions are subject to khums, or should it be deferred until they grow up?

Answer #945:

What was transferred as inheritance to the children of the illustrious martyrs from their fathers or is paid to them by the Martyrs’ Foundation is not subject to khums. But the profits made out of the inherited assets, or out of the assets given to them by the Martyr’s Foundation as gifts are subject to khums.

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