Khums: Partnerships and Khums: What If One Partner Hasn’t Paid?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Khums: Partnerships and Khums: What If One Partner Hasn’t Paid?

English:

Question #935:

If four people, for example, put together a hundred thousand tumans to invest in production, and one of them does not pay his khums, is partnership with him valid? Can they receive such a person’s money (as a ribā-free loan) for investing if he does not pay khums? In general, if a number of people are partners, is it obligatory for each one of them to pay khums on the profits independently, or should they pay it from their joint fund?

Answer #935:

Partnership with a person whose capital is liable to khums but he has not paid it is no problem by itself.

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